Landscape scale pesticide pollution detected in the Upper Rhine region, from agricultural lowlands to remote areas
A recent study by the RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau shows extensive pesticide contamination in the landscape of the ...
EurekAlert!4d
Pesticide pollution in the cultural landscape (IMAGE)
Pesticides do not remain where they are applied – through various pathways, residues end up in meadows, forests and water bodies, even in areas far from agriculture. This poses a risk to the ...
Wine Industry Advisor1d
DPR Releases First Phase of State-Funded Fumigant Alternatives Study Focused On 1,3-D and Chloropicrin
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation today released an independent scientific study on possible alternatives to ...
Courthouse News Service2d
Judge orders feds to rate pesticide threats to endangered species
TUCSON, Ariz. — A federal judge gave the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service three years to assess the effects of five pesticides ...
Girl Scouts sued by New Yorker over alleged heavy metals, pesticides in Thin Mints, other cookies
The proposed class-action lawsuit cited a study that found Girl Scout cookies contained at least four of five heavy metals – ...
Beyond Pesticides13d
Elevated Pesticide Hazards from Plastic Contamination Focus of International, State, and Local Action
When the United Nations (UN) adjourned the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an ...
Beyond Pesticides3d
Study of Pesticide Mixtures and Intestinal Barrier Dysfunction Further Highlights Regulatory Deficiencies
A study of intestinal damage from pesticide mixtures adds to the wide body of science highlighting regulatory deficiencies.
An appeal court upholds ruling finding the French state guilty in Caribbean pesticide case
An appeals court in Paris has upheld a ruling that found the French government guilty of wrongful negligence for using a ...
Newsday4d
An appeal court upholds ruling finding the French state guilty in Caribbean pesticide case
The pesticide was prohibited in the U.S. in 1976 ... The Stockholm Convention, a global treaty to protect human health and the environment from the effects of persistent organic pollutants ...