How a new class of pesticides transformed the agrochemical landscape for bees
Even as Europe enacts a 2-year precautionary ban on neonicotinoid pesticide use on crops attractive to bees, the pesticide makers are crying foul—claiming that there is insufficient evidence for such supposedly drastic measures. With each new study, however, such claims are being increasingly tested. Whether it’s evidence that exposure to seed insecticide dust leads directly to bee […]
How a Legal Loophole Allows Untested Pesticides in Everything From Cosmetics to Clothing
You probably wouldn’t expect to find pesticides in your toothpaste or your gym socks, but they might be in there all the same. And the vast majority of those pesticides have made it into everyday products without adequate oversight by the Environmental Protection Agency. That’s because they’ve been approved through a bureaucratic loophole known as […]