Pesticides

Environment

Dangerous pesticides and pet flea treatment detected in English rivers for first time | Pesticides

Dangerous modern pesticides used in agriculture and pet flea treatment have been detected for the first time in English rivers,…

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Environment

Pesticides, antibiotics, animal medicines: the chemical cocktail seeping into our rivers | Rivers

Rivers carry more than just water through Britain’s landscapes. A hidden cocktail of chemicals seeps out of farmland, passes undetected…

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Environment

‘Toxic cocktail’: almost 200 pesticides found in European homes | Pesticides

Almost 200 pesticides have been found by a study examining dust in homes around Europe, as scientists say regulators need…

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Environment

Use of pesticides on UK farms to be cut by 10% by 2030 to protect bees | Pesticides

The use of pesticides on UK farms is to be reduced by 10% by 2030 under government plans to protect…

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Food & Drink

Girl Scouts Sued Over Alleged Heavy Metals and Pesticides in Popular Cookies

Girl Scouts of America is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit that claims its cookies contain heavy metals and pesticides.  According…

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Environment

Exposure to combination of pesticides increases childhood cancer risk – study | Pesticides

Exposure to multiple pesticides significantly increases the risk of childhood cancers compared with exposures to just one pesticide, first-of-its-kind research…

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Environment

Farmers ‘very worried’ as US pesticide firms push to bar cancer diagnoses lawsuits | Pesticides

Pesticide company efforts to push through laws that could block litigation against them is igniting battles in several US farm…

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Environment

Pet fur found in songbird nests contains high levels of pesticides, study finds | Birds

Songbird chicks are being killed by high levels of pesticides in the pet fur used by their parents to line…

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Lifestyle

New Research Suggests Pesticides May Be Linked To Parkinson’s

Beauty & Health Editor Hannah Frye is the Beauty & Health Editor at mindbodygreen. She has a B.S. in journalism…

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Environment

UK to ban bee-killing pesticides but highly toxic type could still be allowed | Bees

Bee-killing pesticides are to be banned by the UK government, as ministers set out plans to outlaw the use of…

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