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Farmworkers’ health matters: South Africa looks to alternatives for chemical pesticides

Insects like fall armyworm or mealybugs can decimate food and commercial crops; like their counterparts elsewhere in the world, South Africa’s small and large farmers alike use syn...

Hidden pesticides found in supermarket produce

A fresh look at supermarket produce has uncovered pesticide residues on everyday fruit and veg.

Almost half of world’s farmers poisoned by pesticides every year, experts find

Study reveals that pesticide poisoning kills 11,000 people each year, with India accounting for nearly 60% of fatalitiesAlmost half of the world’s farmers are poisoned by pesticide...

NZ Food Safety is working for agribusiness not food consumers

Pesticides are dangerous. They are dangerous for the farm workers applying them, they are destructive of the natural world, and they harm the people who eat the food. But agribusin...

Pestizide in Lebensmitteln: Wo sie eingesetzt werden und wie man sich davor schützt

In der Landwirtschaft werden oft Pflanzenschutzmittel zur Bekämpfung von Schädlingen eingesetzt. Doch sind diese Giftstoffe auch für Menschen gefährlich?

Pesticide etoxazole causes dose-dependent nerve, inflammation, and DNA damage in female rats

Etoxazole, a mite-killing pesticide sprayed on everything from apples and strawberries to cotton and ornamental plants, has long carried a reputation as one of the gentler chemical...

Study: Almost Half the World’s Farmers Are Poisoned by Pesticides Each Year

This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Almost half of the world’s farmers are poisoned by pesticides...

UADA news article: EPA asked to add cancer warnings to pesticide labels

By Mary Hightower University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Fast facts EPA receives petition to add warnings to pesticide labels Petition...

Govt intensifies measures to curb spurious pesticides: Javid Dar

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir government has intensified efforts to regulate pesticides and promote safe, judicious use across the region, as announced by Minister Javid Ahmad Da...

Pesticides poison nearly half of world’s farmers each year – study

Pesticide poisoning affects an estimated 46% of the world’s farmers each year, researchers have found Read Full Article at RT.com

ESTOQI launches pesticide removal tech

Every day across millions of Indian kitchens someone rinses fruits and vegetables under running water and believes that is enough But the concern may not simply wash away

Farmers to attend major Dublin conference on pesticides

A major public conference on the future of pesticide regulation will take place in Dublin next week. The ‘Protect our Health, Water and Biodiversity from Pesticides’ event at Europ...

Pesticides makers’ body CropLife issues advisory as Rabi sowing begins

The industry body has mentioned about judicious use of crop protection products to save on input costs without compromising yields, CropLife said in a statement

Scientists Identify 485 Pesticide Chemicals With Potential Breast Cancer Links

Researchers found that potential breast cancer-related chemical exposures may come from far more sources than previously recognized. A new study from the Silent Spring Institute ha...

Repellent smellents

It might be possible to create pesticides repellent to honey bees that reduce the accumulation of the sub-lethal chemicals that have a long-term detrimental impact on colony health...

California Enacts Law to Track Use of PFAS Pesticides

AB 1603 requires the California Department of Pesticide Regulation to indicate when pesticides contain PFAS ingredients in its online database and include use trends in annual repo...

Changes to Canada’s Pest Control Products Act Are a Danger to Human and Environmental Health

Proposed changes to Canada’s pesticide regulations are raising concerns about potential risks to human health, ecosystems, and environmental protection. The post Changes to Canada’...

Nurfarm’s OpteraPro Duo LC and GC insecticides earn EPA registration

New dual-action insecticides deliver broad-spectrum control of soil, surface and nuisance pests across turf and ornamental markets.  <p>The post Nurfarm’s OpteraPro Duo LC an...

Israel's water authority sprays pesticides to curb algae disabling desalination plants

According to a report by Channel 13 News, several substances, including copper sulfate, were used near the southern city of Ashkelon during the spraying at doses far exceeding perm...

Awareness Campaign on “Fake Pesticide v/s Genuine Pesticide” held at Budgam

BUDGAM : Central Integrated Pest Management Centre, Srinagar in collaboration with the State Agriculture Department Budgam, organized an Awareness Campaign on “Fake Pesticide v/s G...

Crop Care Fed calls for balanced approach to agrochemical use, exports

Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Ram Nath Thakur called for responsible use of pesticides and chemical fertilisers

Inspectie: Stop met pesticiden die pfas verspreiden, het risico voor het drinkwater is te groot

NZ Food Safety told the public pesticide residue levels were safe, while internal assessments said the opposite

Documents released by Greenpeace today show that the NZ Food Safety agency failed to raise alarms over unsafe levels of pesticide residue on food. The post NZ Food Safety told the...

Annual pesticide residue study completed for cherry

The Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission recently completed its 2026 pesticide residue study on cherry at a Skeena block near East Wenatchee.  These studies are intended to he...