The pesticide, dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate, is used to control weeds on crops like broccoli and brussels sprouts.

Various chemicals, from those in plastics to food additives, have made headlines lately for their potential roles in triggering diseases. Pesticides are unique among chemicals, though, says Melissa ...

You might be surprised as to the volume of pesticides and herbicides used in the growth of grains for bread. Some is even applied directly before harvesting. This procedure has led to these breads ...

A French court has rejected a compensation claim against US multinationals by Nicaraguan farm workers poisoned by the ...

Organic agriculture may be as old as dirt, but that doesn’t mean its impacts are fully understood. A team of scientists in the United States and Canada are doing their part to change that. Researchers ...

(Beyond Pesticides, November 17, 2025) Beyond Pesticides ramped up its campaign to transition parks, playing fields, and schoolyards to organic land management after the release of a study showing ...

(Beyond Pesticides, August 19, 2025) A new study from Argentina highlights the importance of applying the concept of the exposome (total exposures over lifetime) as a scientific framework, the value ...

For farmers, sometimes the easiest way to save a crop or prevent catastrophic insect damage is to spray a pesticide. But this ...

West Virginia lawmakers have before them legislation that would restrict the use of pesticides linked to toxic health effects ...

The country is grappling with a mounting challenge of managing expired and used pesticides, with the Pesticides Control Board (PCB) estimating that the country has 400 metric tonnes (MT) of the ...

Researchers led by Yasunori Ichihashi at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan recently examined how different kinds of ...