Consumer groups demand Home Depot and Lowe’s end sales of cancer-linked Roundup
The two largest U.S. home and garden retailers were the focus of a campaign by over 100 consumer and environmental
Pesticides cause decline in a quarter of known bee species since 1990
An alarming report from Argentina has found that the number of observed bee species has dramatically dropped since the 1990s.
Glyphosate levels rising in blood of Florida manatees, threatening survival
Exposure to glyphosate, the world’s most popular herbicide, is increasing concentration of the chemical in the plasma of Florida manatees,
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New pesticides will modify insect genes: what could go wrong?
If the Environmental Protection Agency approves commercialization of a new GM pesticide, the result will be an open-air genetic experiment—that
Pesticide residues discovered in organically managed soils
A recent study in Environmental Science & Technology has found pesticides in all of the screened organic fields, 40 in