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EFSA shares 2022 data on pesticide residues in food

Data showing the scale of pesticide residues on food have been published by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). 110,829…

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Rose essential oil: A safe pesticide for organic agriculture

Plants-derived essential oils (EOs) find applications in various industries, such as detergents, cosmetics, pharmacology, and food additives. Moreover, EOs have…

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Organic farms trigger more pesticide use on nearby conventional farms

Organic farms appear to inadvertently cause greater pesticide use on surrounding fields with conventional agricultural practices Danielle Balderas/Shutterstock Organic farmers…

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Pesticide chlormequat found in Cheerios, other oat-based foods: report

A pesticide not approved for use on U.S. crops has been found in an overwhelming majority of oat-based products including…

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Farmers react to ‘untimely’ order removing the pesticide dicamba from the market

Soybean and cotton farmers using dicamba are reeling after a federal judge revoked the national permit for the popular herbicide.…

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Federal court puts an end to agriculture use of the pesticide dicamba

A federal court has revoked approval of the weed-killing pesticide dicamba. The ruling means farmers may not have access to…

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EPA rush job means the pesticide chlorpyrifos will be back in the fields in 2024

The Environmental Protection Agency’s ban on the insecticide chlorpyrifos was arbitrary and capricious, mainly because the two-year-old decision to ban…

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