California launched a new statewide online pesticide notification system this week that will warn farmworkers beforehand of upcoming pesticide applications. The California Department of Pesticide ...

The California Department of Pesticide Regulation recently launched a new program to alert the public about the nearby use of restricted material pesticides. SprayDays California, which is being ...

(Beyond Pesticides, April 16, 2025) Documented for the first time, 15 currently used pesticides (CUPs) and four metabolites (breakdown or transformation products—TP) were found in the marine ...

From the early 1970s until 1993, chlordecone, an "extremely toxic and persistent" pesticide, was used in banana plantations to tackle the banana weevil, a "pest that ravaged crops", said The Guardian.

In their 2024 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides, the EWG explains that the data was derived from the Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration tests on 47,510 samples of 46 ...

As Margriet Mantingh gazes at flowers stretching as far as the eye can see at the world's biggest flower market near Amsterdam, all she sees is a huge bouquet of pesticides. Known globally for tulips, ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A new spray technology enhances pesticide adherence to plant leaves, reducing runoff and environmental pollution while cutting costs for farmers. This system ...

A tight Senate vote has pushed forward a bill to shield pesticide and herbicide manufacturers from lawsuits claiming they failed to warn users of potential health risks, including cancer ...

It focused on the state's failure to protect people from harmful pesticides. Farm workers and community members shared their stories. Mariam Mayet from the African Centre for Biodiversity says the ...

New study reveals alarming health and environmental consequences of pesticide use in Bangladesh, India, Laos, and Vietnam. Pesticide Action Network Asia Pacific (PANAP) has released a critical new ...

(Beyond Pesticides, March 27, 2025) In Ecotoxicology, results of a study on Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) exposed to florpyrauxifen-benzyl (FPX) suggest the new herbicide causes oxidative ...