California aims to limit pesticide. Central Valley farmworker communities say it’s not enough
Farmworker communities are protesting the California Department of Pesticide Regulation’s proposal to limit the pesticide 1,3 ...
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EPA should ban pesticide chlorpyrifos on more crops, 9 attorney generals say
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should ban the pesticide chlorpyrifos on more crops because it is linked to ...
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New pesticide formulation developed for safer and more effective pest control
A team of researchers from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has developed an innovative green pesticide formulation that could make pest control safer and ...
French group issues Valentine's Day warning that cut flowers have a variety of pesticides
The group bought 15 bouquets of flowers. In each one, between seven and up to 46 different pesticide residues were identified ...
The high cost of pesticide dependence
An alarming decline in the population of pollinators, honey bees and monarch butterflies in particular, is proof once again that mankind’s innovative genius causes at least as many problems ...
Thorny problems with Valentine’s roses: Invasive bugs and toxic pesticides hurt Kenya’s exports
Kenya's flower industry is being ravaged by pests, leading some flower farmers to rely more heavily on toxic pesticides ...
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Study Finds Increased Offspring Mortality in Pesticide-Laden Bird’s Nests
Birds, such as blue and great tits, use fur to line their nests, exposing their offspring to pesticides used in veterinary treatments.