18-09-2011Because of health concerns, persistence, and long-term environmental effects, the impact of pesticides on agriculture and public health has been…
17-09-2011A subacute toxicity study of acetamiprid was undertaken in 72 female wistar rats in four groups (18 each). Three different…
17-09-2011Ingestion is probably the most common way that birds are exposed to pesticides. Birds can swallow the pesticide directly, such…
16-09-2011The spread of herbicide-resistant weeds, progress in genomics, climate change and the continuing worries about pollinator decline are forcing companies…
16-09-2011Fears are increasing in Germany that blackbirds Turdus merula are being wiped out by a tropical disease, while tests are…
15-09-2011In a two-part article (attached), authors Marilyn Steiner and Stephen Goodwin shine a spotlight on neonicotinoid pesticides against a backdrop…
14-09-2011We are reporting a case of self poisoning with imidacloprid leading to severe psychiatric symptoms and respiratory failure. A forty…
11-09-2011I have been reading recent reports on Tree Sparrow Passer montanus decline in Nottinghamshire and the UK and these are…
11-09-2011To many people bugs are pests but in reality out of the millions of species worldwide only a tiny handful…
10-09-2011Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) numbers in Iowa have dropped to an all-time low. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says the…
