Biotechnological pesticides are a promising alternative to traditional chemical pesticides. But we have limited knowledge of how toxic they are to other organisms in the environment beyond regulatory ...

The environmental impact of nine pesticides, commonly used in grape cultivation, may have been significantly underestimated, suggesting current pesticide risk assessment criteria need updating. The ...

(Beyond Pesticides, May 23, 2024) A study recently published in the journal Nature compared the impact of organic and conventional food production using eight environmental health indicators and found ...

(Beyond Pesticides, February 25, 2025) A literature review of over 90 scientific articles in Agriculture documents microplastics’ (MPs) increase in the bioavailability, persistence, and toxicity of ...

Integrated pest management (IPM) is a tool used in agriculture to minimize environmental impact. It begins with identifying the plant problem (as I discussed last week) and selecting the appropriate ...

America’s farmers and farmworkers, their families and neighbors are being diagnosed with cancer at rates higher than the national average. A growing body of research indicates that pesticides are ...

A state appellate court recently declared that California regulators failed to adequately research the environmental impact of pesticides regularly sprayed as part of the state's Pierce's Disease ...