(Beyond Pesticides, November 13, 2023) The news of a federal Appeals Court’s reversal of a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decision in early November calls into question the value of the ...

Toxicology emerges in public health crises -- DDT and environmental toxicology -- The University of Chicago Toxicity Laboratory -- The toxicity of organophosphate chemicals -- What's the risk? : ...

Karen Cameron remembers well the day that restrictions were finally placed on chlorpyrifos, a widely-used pesticide. Chlorpyrifos, a type of organophosphate – commonly referred to as an OP – had been ...

This article originally appeared on Undark. In 1945, Rachel Carson, then a marine biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, developed an interest in DDT, a powerful pesticide used to eliminate ...

In 1962, the biologist Rachel Carson published Silent Spring, which captured the public’s imagination and led to a shift in the understanding of our relationship with the natural world. Her book ...

(Beyond Pesticides, April 1, 2021) A legacy of toxic pesticide use in agriculture is showing up as residues on organic farms, emphasizing the threat of a history of weak regulatory standards that has ...

The word pesticide and its more specific variants insecticide, fungicide, and herbicide have been in common parlance for over a century. Although there is general agreement as to their essential ...

Karen Cameron remembers well the day that restrictions were finally placed on chlorpyrifos, a widely-used pesticide. Chlorpyrifos, a type of organophosphate – commonly referred to as an OP – had been ...