New legislation introduced Thursday by Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) would protect Americans’ ability to sue pesticide ...

A newly released pesticide usage map paints a troubling picture of chemical reliance in the United States. This data-rich ...

Current WHO pesticide classifications are based on toxicity in rats, but basing regulation on human toxicity will make pesticide poisoning less hazardous and prevent hundreds of thousands of ...

He was astonished by the number of pesticide poisoning cases who came to the hospital. "I was surrounded by severely poisoned patients who no one globally was thinking about," he said.

The same can be said of the Guardian's fearful observation that pesticides are “responsible for an estimated 11,000 human fatalities and the poisoning of 385 million people every year.” These figures ...

Pesticide poisoning is a serious health problem that disproportionately affects infants and children, the UN report, called "Child Pesticide Poisoning: ...

Five years ago, an airplane sprayed pesticides over a rural school, São José do Pontal, located among the vast corn and soy plantations extending around Rio Verde, a city in Goiás state. About ...

Exposure to Pesticides When Pregnant Linked to 3 Generations of Disease Published Jul 24, 2014 at 3:24 PM EDT Updated Feb 23, 2016 at 3:16 PM EST Ammar Awad/Reuters ...

Official data on pesticide poisonings grossly understates the severity of this problem. The government’s monitoring system for pesticide residues in drinking water and food is also weak. July 20 ...

Pesticide poisoning is a major Brazilian problem. In 2016, 4,208 cases of poisonings by exposure to pesticides were registered across the nation – the equivalent of 11 per day (killing 355 people).

Dogs and cats may be more vulnerable to pesticide poisoning than their human companions. After all, they nose around close to the ground, where lawn and garden pesticides may linger, and they lick ...