Those sources range from specific ingredients intentionally added to pesticides to contamination via leaching from fluorinated storage containers ... “Lacing pesticides with forever chemicals is ...

Insecticides can help protect crops against troublesome pests, but they also pose a risk for beneficial insects such as ...

One-third of the country’s cancer patients are farmers or agricultural laborers. More disturbingly, cancer cases are rising rapidly ...

Through statistical analysis, they found that the storage of chemicals—including gasoline and gasoline-powered equipment, ...

another carbamate pesticide, Consumer Reports says. Organic potatoes also showed some contamination. The chemical prevents potatoes from sprouting during storage and transport to the grocery store ...

The country has learned a lot since Rachel Carson's 1962 book Silent Spring alerted us to the hazards of poisonous chemicals. But pesticide use still poses major threats to imperiled wildlife and ...