The Pest Control Products Board (PCPB) has clarified the misinformation surrounding pesticide use and its effects on the country’s export market. PCPB Chief Executive Fredrick Muchiri on Tuesday ...

Nanotechnology offers multiple advantages over conventional formulations. Its high surface-to-volume ratio enhances adherence ...

The Duplomb Law is being fiercely contested by civil society and a petition opposes the reintroduction of a pesticide. #EuropeNews ...

In modern day agriculture, pesticides are essential to ensure high enough crop yields and food security. These chemicals, however, can adversely affect plant and animal life as well as the people ...

The European Commission has seemingly admitted defeat in its fight to cut the use of pesticides in farms across Europe. The bill, which aimed to cut pesticide use by 50% by the end of the decade, ...

Pesticides are so heavily scrutinized by scientists that approval takes approximately 11 years and, on average, only one in 10,000 discoveries makes it from the lab to approval for use in the field.

Californians for Pesticide Reform, a statewide coalition that wants to restrict pesticide use and a supporter of the bill, said that exposure to pesticides is “linked to acute poisoning and ...

Farmers – and pesticide use – should not be reduced to one type. Changing farming practices is a challenge, but transformation is already happening and much more is possible.

That’s why for the first time in almost 40 years, EPA is using its emergency suspension authority to stop the use of a pesticide,” Freedhoff said.

Matthew Self August 8, 2024 at 4:34 PM·2 min read ‘Imminent health hazard’: Kansas health officials warn of pesticide danger posed to babies ...

Expanding organic cropland can lead to increased pesticide use in surrounding conventional fields while reducing pesticide use on nearby organic fields, according to a study based in a leading U.S ...