Pesticide

Republicans in the Iowa Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would bar Iowans with severe illnesses from suing pesticide manufacturers for failing to warn them of potential health risks like cancer.

The EPA has completed less than 5% of its Endangered Species Act caseload in reviewing pesticides. Now the agency is proposing a new strategy for scrutinizing agricultural chemicals’ effects on listed species.

Pesticides are all over, from backyard gardens to cornfields. While their use doesn’t appear to be slowing, concern over drift and the resulting effects...

Applying large amounts of pesticides to farm fields can have negative effects on babies born to mothers living nearby, according to new research.The…

In an effort to turn away from chemical pesticides, which have the potential to damage the environment, some farmers are looking in a new direction in the…

A senior scientist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture filed a whistleblower complaint on Wednesday accusing the federal agency of suppressing research…

Chert Hollow Farm sits nestled between rows of tall trees and a nearby stream in central Missouri. Eric and Joanna Reuter have been running the organic…

Farmers count on chemical herbicides to keep their fields weed-free. But an international panel of scientists who studied two of the most heavily used…

Late last month, the White House released a strategy to try to protect pollinators, aiming to grow bee populations across the country in the next 10…

Specialty crop farmers were at the capitol today complaining of damage to their produce from pesticide drift.That’s when chemicals sprayed on one field…