A widely-used agricultural chemical sprayed on fruits and vegetables to prevent fungal disease is also killing beneficial ...

As India continues to define a farmer through ownership, women’s labour, expertise, and agency are not accounted for.

The industrial standard in agriculture involves heavy use of herbicides and pesticides to meet the bottom line of production.

According to Ontario’s Invasive Species Centre, up to 99 per cent of ash trees are killed by the emerald ash borer within ...

A vigorous scrub under running water removes dirt and some surface residues, yet systemic pesticides absorbed into plant tissue remain. “If I can’t afford all organic, why bother?” Even swapping the ...

A new report breaks down the 12 fruits and vegetables that are the most likely to contain pesticides. Here’s what you need to know.

Article Published: December 2000 Chronic systemic pesticide exposure reproduces features of Parkinson's disease Ranjita Betarbet, Todd B. Sherer, Gillian MacKenzie, Monica Garcia-Osuna, Alexander ...

Last year, an international group of scientists called the Task Force on Systemic Pesticides published an analysis of 1,100 peer-review studies, an analysis that itself was peer-reviewed.

While it is extremely difficult to definitively establish a cause-and-effect relationship, many epidemiolocal studies and systemic reviews have found an association between exposure to certain ...

Systemic insecticides, when applied to the growing medium, are absorbed by plant roots and then translocated through the vascular system (i.e. xylem and phloem) into aboveground plant parts (e.g.