The Department of Agriculture hopes that its investigation will help confirm the source of and how banned and restricted ...

South Africa bows to the hazardous chemical industry and allows the use of scores of pesticides banned in Europe ...

The insecticide aldicarb was known for four decades among farmers for its effectiveness against nematodes and early season insects. Nonetheless, tarnished by several high-profile safety incidents ...

Although Aldicarb was not linked to the children’s deaths ... In September, the Gauteng Department of Health reported 207 ...

One of the all-black corvid birds consumed the pesticide Aldicarb, which is banned across ... The other consumed Alpha Chloralose, used primarily to poison mice but only administered by ...

South African officials have named the chemical behind the deaths of six children. Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi said the children from Naledi, ...

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi announced on Monday that a toxicology report confirmed Terbufos, an organophosphate chemical ...

South African leaders call for urgent government action to combat rising food poisoning cases linked to spaza shops, ...

Elon Musk offered $54.20 per share to acquire Twitter, prompting a "poison pill" defense. Poison pill allows shareholders to buy shares cheaply, diluting the takeover bidder's stake. If a company ...

The lead counsel for a public inquiry into the 2018 death of a British woman poisoned by a Soviet-developed nerve agent said Monday that there was enough poison in the vial she unwittingly opened ...

A North Dakota woman will serve 25 years in prison for the poisoning death of her boyfriend, who authorities say believed he was about to come into a large inheritance and had planned to break up ...

A man has been found guilty of sexual assault and poisoning after covertly plying a pregnant woman with medication to cause a miscarriage. Stuart Worby, 40, was found guilty by a jury on Wednesday ...