The environmental impact of nine pesticides, commonly used in grape cultivation, may have been significantly underestimated, suggesting current pesticide risk assessment criteria need updating. The ...

(Beyond Pesticides, February 25, 2025) A literature review of over 90 scientific articles in Agriculture documents microplastics’ (MPs) increase in the bioavailability, persistence, and toxicity of ...

The use of pesticides has grown exponentially since World War II, with many wartime chemicals transitioning to the consumer market, including the organochlorines (e.g., DDT) and organophosphates (e.g.

Pesticides have long been used in farming to protect crops from voracious critters that can decimate yields. However, the harmful chemicals they contain do more than kill the bad bugs. According to a ...

A University of Helsinki study demonstrated that pesticides can negatively affect non-target species living in agricultural environment. However, the effects varied greatly depending on the substance ...

Hyderabad: Environmentalists and health experts raised an alarm over the use of pesticides in farming and its impact of ...

These chemicals are commonly used to coat crop seeds before planting, ostensibly to protect the plant from pests and insects ...

A new study shows that exposure to pesticides and microplastics could set back the recovery of sunflower sea stars, marine creatures once common in the tide pools along Oregon’s coast but now nearly ...

A recent scientific study has found that India is among four countries driving the most global pesticide toxicity, contributing significantly to environmental and biodiversity risks linked to chemical ...