Changes to pesticide registrations will now require human health risk assessments for farm chemicals that go off-target. EPA will more closely consider how people may be harmed by pesticides that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A fumigant notice is posted in a field on Shoemake Ave near Hart-Ransom Elementary School in Modesto, Calif., on Friday Jan. 21, ...

Rich Pedroncelli / AP In a push to better protect farmworkers and communities, federal officials will now more closely weigh in on how pesticides that drift away from farm fields harm people.

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. When it is hotter outside, pesticides tend to evaporate faster, explains Nicole ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A worker sprays an almond orchard in Modesto, Calif., Wednesday, March 8, 2023. (Andy Alfaro/[email protected]) More than 100 ...

A recent news report on National Public Radio described problems organic gardeners are having with pesticide drift from their neighbors. Pesticide drift is an issue not limited to organic gardener, ...

A study reveals that common fruits and vegetables can increase exposure to pesticides without consumers realizing it.

(Beyond Pesticides, August 5, 2024) As the longstanding problem of involuntary pesticide exposure through chemical drift continues unabated, EPA announced “new, earlier protections” that are being ...

A new PAN North America report reveals that several widely-used pesticides are regularly found in California air far from where they are applied at concentrations that significantly exceed levels ...

Researchers from multiple U.S. Geological Survey mission areas and centers found that fungicides, herbicides and insecticides are testing at consistent levels across five Sacramento Valley wildlife ...

Pesticide drift is a serious concern for organic farmers and they ve come up with several defenses, such as buffer strips. Twelve states are part of a registry of farms that tips off aerial and ground ...

Seventy percent of soils in Europe are contaminated with pesticides. A Europe-wide study co-led by researchers of the ...