But every year, California growers apply more than 180 million pounds of pesticides to crops in an effort to defend them from weeds, fungi, insects and other pests. Now, state regulators report ...

It has the menacing sound of an Alfred Hitchcock movie: Millions of rats aren't even getting sick from pesticide doses that once killed them. In one county in England, these "super rats" have ...

Agricultural pesticides sold to farmers ready-mixed into "cocktails" can kill twice as many bees, according to an analysis of 90 studies. Each measured the impact of environmental stresses such as ...

A pesticide amnesty has taken place across Devon and Cornwall to help protect the environment, South West Water has said. It said more than 840 litres of harmful chemicals were collected from ...

WASHINGTON— A new study published today by the academic journal Frontiers in Environmental Science finds that pesticides widely used in American agriculture pose a grave threat to organisms that are ...

Chemical pesticides are substances that are sprayed onto crops to kill organisms that can reduce plant growth such as weeds, insects and fungi. Weeds compete with the crop plants for resources ...

But there's one important thing you should do first. Before you get too worked up about pesticides in nonorganic produce, consider that the US Department of Agriculture Pesticide Data Program ...

JOHANNESBURG, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Six children who died in a South African township earlier this month had ingested a chemical compound used in pesticides, the country's health minister said on ...

A joint investigation by The Los Angeles Times and cannabis industry newsletter WeedWeek has revealed alarming levels of ...

The new finding comes from an analysis of pesticide use and prostate cancer incidence in over 3,100 U.S. counties.

ahead of the release of his new documentary, "Food, Inc. 2," which came out April 12. "I just think it's a good idea to keep ...

About 40 people gathered outside the CineLux Green Valley Cinema in Watsonville Friday to protest new pesticide regulations.