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Low level exposure to synthetic pyrethroid insecticides at 6-8 months of age is associated with language development delays in two-year old toddlers, according to research published in Neurotoxicology this month, Beyond Pesticides reported. Source: Beyond Pesticides This is the latest study to link this class...

The U.S. EPA last month released its draft ecological risk assessment of dicamba for its registration review of this weed-killing pesticide. Dicamba is...

For decades genetically engineered foods (GMOs) on sale in Britain have required a label. This label alerts consumers to the presence of genetically engineered...

A recent report by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found more than 80 percent of urine samples from children and adults...

Over half of all food samples tested by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) contain the residues of at least one pesticide, and one in ten samples...

In a new study, Arizona State University (ASU) and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGEN) have explored the effects of glyphosate exposure...

It’s not surprising that glyphosate, the so-called active ingredient in Bayer-Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller, is found in foods made with glyphosate-tolerant...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last week denied requests by conservationists and members of Congress to phase out the use of agricultural pesticides...

The European Commission is secretly considering the full deregulation of certain types of genetically modified (GM) crops – yet it has not admitted as...

A correlation between agricultural pesticides and cancer in western states has been found by University of Idaho and Northern Arizona University researchers....