Tag Archives: pesticides

The Center for Biological Diversity and Center for Food Safety filed a legal petition recently calling for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to end the...

Being heavily exposed to bug and weedkillers might render you prone to sleep disorders. According to studies published over the past decade, pesticides...

The pesticide industry’s attempt to increase the legal levels of glyphosate (Roundup) in Canadian food has been paused after a public outcry. In a major...

A new study published Tuesday by the academic journal Frontiers in Environmental Science finds that pesticides widely used in American agriculture pose...

Some just published research in the journal Science completely demolishes claims that the impact of pesticides is declining and that GM crops are contributing...

“Gene-silencing pesticides” now under development pose unique risks to surrounding ecosystems and beneficial insects, including bees, according to...

A 34% increase in childhood cancers since 1975 has led a group of scientists, health professionals, businesses, and advocates to ignite a call to action...

A growing number of chemicals in pesticides, flame retardants, and certain plastics have been linked to widespread health problems including infertility...

Widespread use of pesticides, including the world’s most used herbicide, glyphosate, can speed the transmission of the debilitating disease schistosomiasis...

Three dozen United Nations (UN) human rights expert called last Thursday on wealthy countries to end the “deplorable” practice of exporting banned...