According to WHO, pesticides are the leading cause of death by self-poisoning, particularly in low and middle income nations.

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(Beyond Pesticides, January 15, 2025) There is robust scientific literature that unpacks the adverse human health effects of pesticide exposure, however immunological impacts do not receive adequate ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Neonicotinoid pesticides, like clothianidin, have complex, tissue-specific effects on bumble bees, disrupting gene activity in the brain, legs, and kidney-like ...

While much about modern farming techniques centers around the use of synthetic pesticides (a catch-all term that includes herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, and other similar substances) on large ...

(Beyond Pesticides, January 14, 2025) Women with occupational pesticide exposure have elevated rates of breast cancer, according to a study in Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology. Based on an ...

The study was published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. The story begins under our feet: Soils are not only a complex habitat, but also a battlefield where tiny nematodes fight ...

The key finding is that we detected 23 pesticides in the river. The highest detected pesticide was Atrazine, which was found in 87% of the samples." The world's coral reefs are facing another ...

Campaigners say victims now plan to sue companies including Monsanto and Zeneca, which they blame for not giving adequate warning of possible side-effects from the toxic chemicals they use to produce ...

Pesticides, also known as pest control products, control, destroy or inhibit the activities of pests, and minimize their injurious, noxious or troublesome effects. If not properly managed, pests can ...

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Traditional approaches to remove these pollutants, like chemical treatments or soil removal, often turn out to be band-aid solutions – expensive and unable to tackle the problem completely.