{"id":5606,"date":"2024-05-27T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.puravidaaquatic.com\/wordpress\/?p=5606"},"modified":"2024-05-27T08:13:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T15:13:00","slug":"toxic-pesticides-sprayed-on-national-wildlife-refuges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.puravidaaquatic.com\/wordpress\/toxic-pesticides-sprayed-on-national-wildlife-refuges\/","title":{"rendered":"Toxic Pesticides Sprayed on National Wildlife Refuges"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">&#8220;America\u2019s national wildlife refuges are being doused with hundreds of thousands of pounds of dangerous agricultural pesticides every year, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis by the Center for Biological Diversity.<br \/>\nThe Center report, No Refuge, reveals that an estimated 490,000 pounds of pesticides were dumped on commodity crops like corn, soybeans and sorghum grown in national wildlife refuges in 2016, the most recent year for which data are available. &#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biologicaldiversity.org\/news\/press_releases\/2018\/wildlife-refuge-pesticides-05-10-2018.php#:~:text=America%E2%80%99s%20national%20wildlife,data%20are%20available\">www.biologicaldiversity.org\/news\/press_releases\/2018\/wildlife-refuge-pesticides-05-10-2018.php#:~:text=America%E2%80%99s%20national%20wildlife,data%20are%20available<\/a> .<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.puravidaaquatic.com\/\">www.puravidaaquatic.com\/<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.puravidaaquatics.com\/\">www.puravidaaquatics.com\/<\/a> 310-429-8477<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;America\u2019s national wildlife refuges are being doused with hundreds of thousands of pounds of dangerous agricultural pesticides every year, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis by the Center for Biological Diversity. 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