Pesticide poisoning is a real concern for farmers in the early summer months. Here are steps to take to lower the risk of ...

Pesticide poisoning can be confused with common illnesses like the flu. “Pesticides include chemicals used to control weeds (herbicides), insects (insecticides), rodents (rodenticides) or fungi ...

New legislation introduced Thursday by Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) would protect Americans’ ability to sue pesticide manufacturers in federal court over potential harm caused by their products. The ...

This article is authored by Bhawesh Jha, associate, Centre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention.

Vermont’s new paraquat ban’s political signal could travel much farther than its practical effect. The weedkiller’s acute ...

Last December, four researchers from Germany, Malaysia, and the United States published the results of a systematic review estimating the number of unintentional pesticide poisonings and fatalities ...

(Beyond Pesticides, December 15, 2025) With recent proposals by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to register new pesticides that under international standards are classified as PFAS (Per ...

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As a kid in the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, Georgina Lambert spent her days playing beneath banana trees and swimming in rivers that shimmered with sunlight. She had no idea that the soil ...

Dear Daktari, Thank you for your weekly advice on how we can improve farming. I am a farmer in Kitale, and I insist my farmhands buy the Saturday Standard to read the Smart Harvest and specifically ...