All pesticides articles – Page 3
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NewsMillions of 'bad eggs' recalled in contamination scandal
Investigations into how chicken eggs across Europe came to contain fipronil are still ongoing
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ResearchDDT surprises with new, overlooked form of the pesticide
Highly controversial pesticide has a second more lethal crystal form missed for almost 80 years
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ResearchGarden centre plants may pose pesticide threat to bees
Insecticides on ornamental UK plants found at levels known to have an impact on pollinators
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NewsUK crops at risk if EU pesticide ban expanded
Agricultural research institute calls for unbiased research on pesticides linked to bee decline
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BusinessEU conditionally approves Dow–DuPont merger
To satisfy competition concerns, DuPont will swap crop protection R&D assets for FMC’s nutrition business
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NewsGlyphosate is not carcinogenic, EU chemicals association concludes
Evaluation clears the way for long term authorisation of herbicide
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NewsPesticide use ‘threatens human rights’, UN advisers say
Report for the UN Human Rights Council condemns agrochemical industry and calls for a treaty to phase out toxic pesticides
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NewsAppeal to European commission to ban glyphosate gets go-ahead
Environmental groups are urging EU citizens to sign petition to ban the pesticide’s use in the EU
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NewsHealth agency calls for ban on neonicotinoid in Canada
Government body reports imidacloprid poses a threat to marine insects and soil-dwelling organisms
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BusinessUS extends permission for combination pesticide
EPA finds no synergy concerns with Dow’s Enlist Duo and reverses restrictions on its approval
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BusinessEU poised to legislate endocrine disruptor definition
The European Commission’s newly proposed standards to identify endocrine disruptors face industry opposition
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ResearchPolymeric pod promotes virus’s pesticidal powers
Dendrimer DNA carriers broaden range of virus targets
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BusinessWHO clarifies glyphosate risks
UN and WHO panel conclude the herbicide glyphosate is ‘unlikely’ to cause cancer at realistic exposure levels
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BusinessRethinking herbicide regulations
Europe withdraws amitrole and isoproturon, while EU, US and Colombia reconsider glyphosate rulings
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BusinessDuPont shutters US plant where leak killed four workers
La Porte plant will not reopen after fatal methyl mercaptan leak in 2014
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NewsThousands of pollinators at risk of extinction
Global assessment says pesticides are partly to blame for endangering bees and other pollinators
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Business
EPA aims to remove flubendiamide pesticide from market
After reassessing environmental impact, the agency wants to withdraw Bayer and Nichino America insecticides
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Glyphosate persistence raises questions
Herbicide remains in water and soil longer than thought, but how that translates to human and environmental risk is unclear
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Court rejects US approval of sulfoxaflor pesticide
Environmental Protection Agency’s approval of an insecticide that shares similarities with neonicotinoids revoked
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ResearchElectrostatic net kills resistant mosquitoes
A new coating for insecticide-treated mosquito nets could help tackle malaria and dengue fever