A global study finds pesticide harm is rising worldwide, putting insects, ecosystems, and biodiversity goals at risk.

Pesticides returned to the news recently with a lawsuit and new data that, taken together, highlight opposing viewpoints on one of the more contentious topics in California agriculture.

Pesticides are becoming more toxic and just about every country is using more of them year after year, despite a UN target to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Robert Dedlow, owner of Kentor Canyon Farms in Fillmore, cuts organic thyme during a tour of his farm in 2021. (Jay L. Clendenin / ...

Smaller species are most affected. Pesticides are among the biggest threats to the life in soil, harming and killing worms, mites and insects that help to maintain soil fertility. Meanwhile, ...

Pesticides threaten humans, wildlife and our environment. Food production must change. But farmers are already pushed to their margins. Organic agriculture produces less food and requires more land.

Despite the prevalence of pesticide use in farming, recent research from Consumer Reports has raised health concerns and sparked conversations about the varying practices in pesticide management ...

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.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) and Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development ...

(Beyond Pesticides, September 16, 2024) After the release of a hard-hitting study last week published in Science that pinpoints the cycle of increasing pesticide use with ecosystem and bat decline, ...

Boise State's Cynthia Curl spent her sabbatical in Rwanda studying pesticide exposure among farmers to develop safety ...

Michigan warned of pesticides sold online that aren't registered with the EPA. Here are the brands.