A court has ruled that the EPA must ban the controversial pesticide chlorpyrifos—or prove its safety. A federal appeals court has ruled that unless the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can prove that the pesticide chlorpyrifos ...
Beyond its link to hormone-dependent breast cancer, neonicotinoids are most infamous for their well-documented role in driving mass pollinator declines. (Beyond Pesticides) Researchers have documented an increase in food and drinking water residues of neonicotinoids, insecticides linked to ...
The Trump administration has approved the use of toxic pesticides and genetically modified organisms (GMO) on national wildlife refuges. This is a reversal of an earlier ban placed on neonicotinoid pesticides and genetically engineered crops ...