01-03-2013A recent far-reaching study of the world’s amphibians and reptiles finds that Florida is hotspot for environmental threats, with one…
01-03-2013Farmers often use hives full of honeybees to help pollinate crops. A new study published in Science has found that…
28-02-2013Two years ago, Danish farmer Ib Borup Pedersen thought an epidemic had broken out among his 450 pigs. Suddenly, his…
27-02-2013For several years, neurologists at UCLA have been building a case that a link exists between pesticides and Parkinson's disease.…
27-02-2013Speaking in parliament on Tuesday, Francois Wakenhut, of the commission's environment directorate, said that "multiple causes" were responsible for rising…
27-02-2013The quality and quantity of the data about the risk posed to humans by individual pesticides vary considerably. Unlike obvious…
27-02-2013EU agriculture ministers were set to vote on a European Commission proposal to restrict the use of three commonly used…
26-02-2013When Tim Davis moved to Marshall County 35 years ago, he would spend some of his free time hunting pheasant…
26-02-2013The residue of imidacloprid in the nectar and pollens of the plants is toxic not only to adult honeybees but…
26-02-2013I am a retired (Emeritus) scientist with Environment Canada with over 30 years' experience in pesticide evaluation, risk assessment and…
