@article{alsdorf_reisig_brown_ferraro_rejesus_2024, title={Enhancing non-Bt corn refuge based on corn grower and seed dealer surveys}, volume={15}, ISSN={["2155-7470"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1093/jipm/pmae027}, DOI={10.1093/jipm/pmae027}, abstractNote={Abstract To delay Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) resistance, southern US corn growers are required to plant 20% of their total corn acres to non-Bt hybrids. However, most do not, possibly due to negative perceptions or the lack of availability of non-Bt hybrids. We surveyed 174 corn growers and 32 corn seed dealers in eastern North Carolina, an area that historically has planted little non-Bt corn. Our questions focused on planting behavior and hybrid choice, barriers to planting non-Bt corn, and preferences and challenges for non-Bt corn sales. Only 32% of growers surveyed planted the mandated non-Bt refuge acres. Growers from counties with smaller crop operations and in counties where growers had less graduate education planted less non-Bt seed. Grower perceptions of yield differences between Bt and non-Bt hybrids were ambiguous, but only a few had limited availability or knowledge of non-Bt seed options. Seed dealers were familiar with non-Bt corn hybrids in their portfolio, but not as familiar with non-Bt refuge requirements. Furthermore, dealers indicated obstacles in providing diverse herbicide packages and seed treatments for non-Bt hybrids. We highlight the need for enhanced communication and education initiatives. Strengthening educational outreach to clarify refuge requirements and addressing perceived yield disparities between Bt and non-Bt hybrids could also increase planting of non-Bt refuge. Finally, incentivizing seed dealers to offer and promote non-Bt seed options, coupled with diverse herbicide packages, might increase refuge planting. Our surveys underscore the complexity surrounding grower behaviors, seed dealer dynamics, and the importance of educational efforts and incentives to non-Bt refuge.}, number={1}, journal={JOURNAL OF INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT}, author={Alsdorf, Alexis and Reisig, Dominic and Brown, Zach and Ferraro, Greg and Rejesus, Roderick}, editor={Wright, RobertEditor}, year={2024}, month={Aug} }
 @article{ferraro_ericson_simons_nash_kabir_2023, title={Bovine lead exposure from informal battery recycling in India}, ISSN={["1614-7499"]}, DOI={10.1007/s11356-023-27811-7}, journal={ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH}, author={Ferraro, Gregory and Ericson, Bret and Simons, Andrew M. and Nash, Emily and Kabir, Mohammed}, year={2023}, month={Jul} }
 @article{furgurson_loschin_butoto_abugu_gillespie_brown_ferraro_speicher_stokes_budnick_et al._2023, title={Seizing the policy moment in crop biotech regulation: an interdisciplinary response to the Executive Order on biotechnology}, volume={11}, ISSN={["2296-4185"]}, DOI={10.3389/fbioe.2023.1241537}, abstractNote={North Carolina State University Forestry and Environmental Resources, Raleigh, NC, United States, North Carolina State University Genetic Engineering and Society Center, Raleigh, NC, United States, North Carolina State University Applied Ecology, Raleigh, NC, United States, North Carolina State University Crop and Soil Sciences, Raleigh, NC, United States, North Carolina State University Horticultural Science, Raleigh, NC, United States, North Carolina State University Entomology and Plant Pathology, Raleigh, NC, United States, North Carolina State University Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences, Raleigh, NC, United States, North Carolina State University Agricultural and Resource Economics, Raleigh, NC, United States, North Carolina State University Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media, Raleigh, NC, United States, North Carolina State University Biochemistry, Raleigh, NC, United States, North Carolina State University Plant Biology, Raleigh, NC, United States, North Carolina State University Anthropology, Raleigh, NC, United States}, journal={FRONTIERS IN BIOENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY}, author={Furgurson, Jill and Loschin, Nick and Butoto, Eric and Abugu, Modesta and Gillespie, Christopher J. and Brown, Rebekah and Ferraro, Greg and Speicher, Nolan and Stokes, Ruthie and Budnick, Asa and et al.}, year={2023}, month={Aug} }
 @misc{shaffer_forsyth_ferraro_till_carlson_hester_haddock_strawbridge_lanfear_hu_et al._2022, title={Lead exposure and antisocial behavior: A systematic review protocol}, volume={168}, ISSN={["1873-6750"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.envint.2022.107438}, abstractNote={Lead exposure remains highly prevalent worldwide despite decades of research highlighting its link to numerous adverse health outcomes. In addition to well-documented effects on cognition, there is growing evidence of an association with antisocial behavior, including aggression, conduct problems, and crime. An updated systematic review on this topic, incorporating study evaluation and a developmental perspective on the outcome, can advance the state of the science on lead and inform global policy interventions to reduce exposure.We aim to evaluate the link between lead exposure and antisocial behavior. This association will be investigated via a systematic review of human epidemiological and experimental nonhuman mammalian studies.The systematic review protocol presented in this publication is informed by recommendations for the conduct of systematic reviews in toxicology and environmental health research (COSTER) and follows the study evaluation approach put forth by the U.S. EPA Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) program.We will search the following electronic databases for relevant literature: PubMed, BIOSIS and Web of Science. Search results will be stored in EPA's Health and Environmental Research Online (HERO) database.Eligible human epidemiological studies will include those evaluating any population exposed to lead at any lifestage via ingestion or inhalation exposure and considering an outcome of antisocial behavior based on any of the following criteria: psychiatric diagnoses (e.g., oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), conduct disorder (CD), disruptive behavior disorders (DBD)); violation of social norms (e.g., delinquency, criminality); and aggression. Eligible experimental animal studies will include those evaluating nonhuman mammalian studies exposed to lead via ingestion, inhalation, or injection exposure during any lifestage. The following outcomes will be considered relevant: aggression; antisocial behavior; and altered fear, anxiety, and stress response.Screening will be conducted with assistance from an artificial intelligence application. Two independent reviewers for each data stream (human, animal) will screen studies with highest predicted relevance against pre-specified inclusion criteria at the title/abstract and full-text level. Study evaluation will be conducted using methods adapted from the U.S. EPA IRIS program. After data extraction, we will conduct a narrative review and quantitative meta-analysis on the human epidemiological studies as well as a narrative review of the experimental animal studies. We will evaluate the strength of each evidence stream separately and then will develop a summary evidence integration statement based on inference across evidence streams.}, journal={ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL}, author={Shaffer, Rachel M. and Forsyth, Jenna E. and Ferraro, Greg and Till, Christine and Carlson, Laura M. and Hester, Kirstin and Haddock, Amanda and Strawbridge, Jenna and Lanfear, Charles C. and Hu, Howard and et al.}, year={2022}, month={Oct} }