Pesticides

A sobering reality: cocktail of hazardous pesticides in wine has tripled.

Fossil fuel-derived pesticides are a significant but overlooked source of greenhouse gases, warn campaigners.

David Attenborough's latest documentary shows the natural world in peril. But the solutions are already in place - a nature friendly future is possible.

Agrochemical application can distort floral cues and modify behaviour in pollinators like bees, study confirms.

The Greater London Assembly 'must stop the use of chemical pesticides and herbicides, including glyphosate, on its land'.

Francis Chabboussou's Healthy Crops is a forgotten classic of organic science, with wide-reaching implications for global agriculture.

Pollinators and farmers likely to bear the brunt of the acquisition of Bharat Insecticides by a consortium led by Mitsui.

Since 2018 almost 1000 hectares of land around lake Bolsena, Italy, has been appropriated by the chemically-grown hazelnuts industry.

UK companies are flooding poorer countries with agrochemicals that are banned in the EU.

The combined impacts of pesticides and air pollution on bees could have severe consequences.

Several lawsuits have been settled by Bayer-Monsanto due to cancer claims relating to the pesticide Roundup. Do we need new labelling laws?

A shocking 16,900 tonnes of pesticides are applied to the countryside every year - threatening our life support systems.

Urgent action is needed nationwide as Japan becomes a hotspot for insect loss.

Trade deals with countries such as the US, Australia and India would drive down UK food standards.

Two insecticide types - in addition to neonicotinoids - continue to pose a threat to aquatic life in Japan.

A London nature reserve has been reduced to muddy pits full of dead fish.

Researchers from the Imperial College London scanned the brains of bees exposed to imidacloprid.

Progress towards measuring and reducing risks from pesticide use in the EU has been limited, according to a new report from the European Court of Auditors.

German pesticide manufacturer Bayer attempts to discredit rigorous peer-reviewed study showing its products caused a Japan fishery to collapse.

Birds which breed and feed on the 75 percent of UK land which is farmed have seen declines of 55 percent since 1970s.

Proposals approved last week would leave decision makers vulnerable to aggressive industry lobbying.

Growing enough healthy and sustainable food has been moved to the forefront of the agriculture industry.

Tests of rivers and canals in ten European countries, including the UK, revealed more than 100 pesticides, a quarter of which are banned in the EU.

European Union regulations stop exposure to pesticides that are mutagenic, carcinogenic, or that disrupt endocrine systems - but that protection may not last.