01-07-2013Glyphosate use has gone up sharply worldwide since the introduction of glyphosate-tolerant GM crops. Herbicide use per acre has doubled…
24-06-2013CHENSHENG LU hardly cuts the profile of a provocateur. He dresses business casual and wears silver-rimmed glasses. He lives in…
24-06-2013The use of pesticides and other farming practices are causing a dramatic decline in the population of what was once…
24-06-2013Sorption-desorption processes govern the movement of all chemicals including pesticides in soils. The present investigation was undertaken to study the…
24-06-2013Effects of two series of imidacloprid pulses on caged amphipods (Gammarus roeseli) and their shredder efficiency for litter decomposition were…
23-06-2013On 15 June, a landscaping company in Wilsonville, Oregon, decided to spray some lime trees with insecticide. The trees were…
21-06-2013People in 18 countries across Europe have been found to have traces of the weed killer glyphosate in their urine,…
20-06-2013Fifty years ago the scientist Rachel Carson issued a warning, in her epic book Silent Spring, about the dangers of…
20-06-2013The world’s birds are literally the canaries in the coal mine and their ongoing decline should serve as a warning…
20-06-2013Most studies that have shown negative sublethal effects of the pesticide imidacloprid on honeybees concern behavioral effects; only a few…
