Toxicity from farm chemicals increased for most species groups between 2013 and 2019, with insects worst affected Ecological harm from pesticides is growing globally, a study has found, with bugs, ...

More than 60 years after Rachel Carson warned of the dangers of pesticides in her book Silent Spring, the harm they are doing to wildlife may be greater than ever. “In more or less all countries, the ...

PFAS, aka forever chemicals, are a large group of manmade chemicals called perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances. Some of the most persistent manmade compounds on the planet, they’re commonly ...

Seventy percent of soils in Europe are contaminated with pesticides. A Europe-wide study co-led by researchers of the University of Zurich now shows that their effects on soil life are substantial, as ...

A much-needed assessment of the scale of the effects of pesticides on soil biodiversity in Europe will support regulation and conservation efforts. Robust environmental risk assessments of pesticides ...

Even low levels of widely used agricultural chemicals were linked to accelerated ageing, research suggests The lifespan of fish appears to be drastically reduced by pesticides, a study has found. Even ...

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A new study from UCLA Health has found that long-term residential exposure to the pesticide chlorpyrifos is associated with more than a 2.5-fold increased risk of developing Parkinson's disease. The ...

A controversial provision that critics said would have shielded big chemical companies from liability and regulatory scrutiny has been nixed from a package of annual funding bills that lawmakers hope ...

At the end of November, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched an effort to discredit news coverage of its registration of pesticides considered “forever chemicals.” The agency had ...

The EPA recently okayed 10 new insecticides containing isocycloseram, a chemical that critics say hasn’t been adequately tested long-term. Is there cause for concern? The Environmental Protection ...