Changes to pesticide registrations will now require human health risk assessments for farm chemicals that go off-target. EPA will more closely consider how people may be harmed by pesticides that ...

You may prefer a no-chemicals approach to pest management, but your neighbors might not. Sadly, this can leave your property and garden vulnerable to "pesticide drift," where a fog of chemicals strays ...

A Morton farmer was applying pesticides on a farm near the Bethel Lutheran School, which was hosting an outdoor school event.

It’s been a long time coming, but now it seems to have gotten here in a hurry. Since the Endangered Species Act (ESA)was passed in 1973, the federal law established agencies must ensure no species ...

For two decades, Nick Pehle's grapes, pressed and distilled, have filled glasses at wineries across Missouri. Most seasons, the vines on his 20-acre farm in Etlah are clustered with different ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. When it is hotter outside, pesticides tend to evaporate faster, explains Nicole ...

These grapes on a farm in Auxvasse, Missouri, show signs of damage in a 2013 photo. Pesticide drift injury in grape vines can cause cupped leaves and shriveled fruit. For two decades, Nick Pehle’s ...

Researchers from multiple U.S. Geological Survey mission areas and centers found that fungicides, herbicides and insecticides are testing at consistent levels across five Sacramento Valley wildlife ...

A new PAN North America report reveals that several widely-used pesticides are regularly found in California air far from where they are applied at concentrations that significantly exceed levels ...

LODI, Calif. (AP/CBS13) — A San Joaquin County pesticide spraying company was negligent on at least five occasions its helicopter pilots allowed the toxic chemicals to drift onto neighboring orchards, ...