A health report commissioned by President Trump has been causing angst within the agriculture industry who fear the chemicals ...

More than 100 schools and child care facilities in Stanislaus County are near areas where agricultural pesticides are applied. One major concern is pesticide drift — the unintentional movement ...

Organic gardeners don’t use synthetic or “artificial” pesticides to control insects, diseases and weeds. They are also concerned with the use of processed fertilizer and instead concentrate ...

However, many of the healthiest plant foods are also sprayed with pesticides — chemicals used to prevent pests and improve crop yield. Farmers use pesticides to grow more food, often without ...

There are indications Ireland has cut back pesticide use more than most EU member states, with Eurostat revealing a 38% Irish pesticide sales reduction from 2011 to 2023, the most recent year for ...

In the United States, it remains one of the most widely used pesticides, sprayed on corn, sugar cane and other crops, the result of years of industry lobbying. It has been detected in the drinking ...

Critics of Kennedy’s stance warn that sweeping restrictions on pesticides could severely disrupt the U.S. food supply chain, affecting both farmers and consumers. Nonetheless, Kennedy and his ...

The government panel is recommending that federal agencies reassess the nation’s childhood vaccine schedule, scrutinize ultraprocessed foods, and study pesticides widely used in commercial farming.

(Beyond Pesticides, May 5, 2025) With North Dakota on April 24 being the first state to enact chemical industry legislation that blocks poisoning victims from suing manufacturers for their failure to ...

CBS News' data team created an interactive map that shows where cicadas are expected to be this year. The map uses information from the University of Connecticut's Cicada Project, which plots the ...