An author and educator detailed the long-term effects of chlordecone, a toxic insecticide used for decades in the French ...

Whether you call them "lightning bugs" or "fireflies," spotting the bioluminescent insects always brings joy. Here's when ...

The nation’s health secretary announced that he planned to invite scientists to provide answers by September, but specialists ...

Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says a "massive testing and research effort" will focus on the cause of autism, but his approach has raised alarms.

Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr told President Donald Trump that Americans will know what's causing the country's ...

Lead, pesticides, brominated flame retardants, plastic additives, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and heavy metals. This is what researchers found when they collected dead hedgehogs to investigate ...

And they’re depending more on chemicals like pesticides and fertilizers to buffer against unreliable ... Korea to produce the ...

This isn't the first time food imports have been subject to review. Produce imported into the United Kingdom has been found with harmful pesticides not approved for use by British farmers. The Import ...

A recent study found that 31% of agricultural soils around the world were at high risk from pesticide pollution. And agricultural chemicals are a major expense for farmers: In the U.S., they spend ...

A Ph.D. student has helped develop a "Trojan horse" method of delivering pesticides to plants, and the technology could prevent millions of tons of toxic chemicals from leaching into the environment ...

(Beyond Pesticides, March 17, 2025) When Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced last week that he is directing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to explore ...