FDA may take enforcement action against a food commodity containing a pesticide chemical residue if the residue is found at a level above the EPA-established tolerance for that commodity or in a ...

As a faculty member at a land-grant university who has studied the effectiveness of commercial and experimental pesticides in the southern U.S., I have seen how the federal pesticide regulatory ...

Even sublethal insecticide dose may disrupt pollinator mating process Date: April 21, 2025 Source: Penn State Summary: Insecticides can help protect crops against troublesome pests, but they also ...

Each sample was analyzed for pesticide residues and physicochemical properties such as total nitrogen, pH, and organic matter. From the data, ecological and health risk evaluations were performed. “A ...

(Beyond Pesticides, April 25, 2025) A novel study in Chemosphere finds impacts on male fertility in a bee species (Osmia bicornis) with exposure to sulfoxaflor, a systemic sulfoximine insecticide with ...

But while many gardeners think that they immediately should get an insecticide and begin spraying when they see insects in their plants, just seeing an insect is not reason enough to spray.

As new insecticides are registered and existing products are re-registered via the FIFRA process, they will need to comply to the new rule. In the trio of Endangered Species Act (ESA) enforcement ...

Urban entomologists have discovered a gene mutation that could contribute to bed bug insecticide resistance. A global infestation of bed bugs after World War II was nearly eradicated in the 1950s ...