
Agriculture
Pesticides Are Killing the Organisms That Keep Our Soils Healthy
They harm worms, beetles and thousands of other subterranean species that are vital to agriculture
Tari Gunstone is a scientist who, as a research assistant at the Center for Biological Diversity, spent more than a year analyzing studies on pesticide impacts to soil health. Credit: Nick Higgins
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