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

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

Upon closer inspection, she realised what it was - Ratsak, a rat poison with Brodifacoum used to kill rats and other vermin. While Ratsak doesn’t have a large enough dose to kill a human ...

African giant pouched rats (Cricetomys gambianus) could be the next line of defense in the illegal wildlife trade. A team of researchers have trained these three-pound rats to pick up the scent of ...

Those affected believe they fell sick because of food poisoning from products ... they were found to be trading in a chemical called Aldicarb. During operations in Naledi, some spaza shop owners ...

Initially, families of the affected children believed the tragedy was caused by food poisoning from snacks ... four individuals were arrested for selling Aldicarb, a highly toxic and illegal ...

Researchers trained 11 rats to sniff out elephant tusk and rhino horn, even when smugglers used common tricks such as using coffee grinds and washing powder to conceal their scents. Scientists say ...

“Organophosphate is not really a substance that must be used domestically, so now why are spaza shops buying it? Our theory, until we are proven otherwise is that they are using it as pesticides to ...

A researcher has told eNCA that its being widely used as an effective rat poison which raises questions about living conditions in townships. Makgabo van Niekerk from the Institute of Waste ...

After being hospitalized from the rat poisoning on the cookie that killed him, Ben popped back into the land of the living to tell his Death Rattle cast, “I saw the light. That light ...

"Our theory, until we are proven otherwise, is that they (the shops) are using it as pesticides to kill rats ... to be used in people's homes. "Any poison you use to kill pests or whatever ...

Some spaza shop owners in Naledi reportedly confessed that the individuals are selling them illegal chemicals. Aldicarb falls in the class of carbamates, which is also an organophosphate. Carbamates ...