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Pesticides

May 2024

  • Close up blattella germanica german cockroach

    The Conversation
    Where is the German cockroach actually from? We tested its DNA to trace its true origins

    Theo Evans and Qian Tang for the Conversation
  • A tractor spraying of potato crops with chemical pesticides

    Sticky trick: new glue spray kills plant pests without chemicals

  • Water flowing from a tap

    Farmers’ union lobbied to increase pesticide limit in UK drinking water

  • male hand holding a large number of pinkish-brown earthworms in a clump of loose brown soil

    ‘Pesticides by stealth’: garden soil conditioners killing worms, experts fear

18 April 2024

  • A collage of vegetables, fruits and a worker with a mask spraying them.

    Our unequal earth
    Blueberries and bell peppers: six fruits and vegetables with the most pesticide risk

    From green beans to kale, here are some foods considered to be healthy yet which test poorly for pesticides
  • Collage of vegetables, fruits, money and a scale.

    Our unequal earth
    We found unhealthy pesticide levels in 20% of US produce – here’s what you need to know

    Consumer Reports recently conducted its most comprehensive review of pesticides in 59 US fruits and vegetables

    • Our unequal earth
      Kale, watermelon and even some organic foods pose high pesticide risk, analysis finds

    • Our unequal earth
      Can you wash pesticides off your food? A guide to eating fewer toxic chemicals

    • Our unequal earth
      What’s safe to eat? Here is the pesticide risk level for each fruit and vegetable

11 April 2024

  • Asian hornet pictured head on

    UK invertebrate of the year
    Chris Packham on the Asian hornet: there are bigger enemies than these bovver buzzers

    It has a shocking habit of decapitating bees, but in a global biodiversity crisis we should be more worried about pesticides

8 April 2024

  • Ursula von der Leyen at a summit on the European green deal in September 2023 in Prague, Czech Republic.

    The Guardian view on Europe’s troubled green deal: make the case, not concessions

    Editorial: Leaders need to persuade others of the need for environmental measures rather than capitulate in the face of political headwinds

March 2024

  • Red Imported Fire Ant (Solenopsis invicta)

    Scientific body given just $100,000 a year to fight deadly fire ants, Senate inquiry told

  • George Monbiot

    Britain is becoming a toxic chemical dumping ground – yet another benefit of Brexit

    George Monbiot
  • Close up of a fire ant

    ‘Wildly toxic’ poison used on fire ants is killing native Australian animals, experts warn Senate inquiry

  • Honeybee

    Labour to end UK exemptions for bee-killing pesticides outlawed by EU

February 2024

  • A red imported fire ant

    Fire ant crackdown: turf from Queensland must be chemically treated when laid in NSW

    Fines of up to $2.2m can be levied against those who ignore biosecurity order to counter invasive insects
  • Black pregnant belly with woman's hands cradling it.

    Our unequal earth
    Pregnant women in Indiana show fourfold increase in toxic weedkiller in urine – study

    Seventy percent of pregnant women in state had herbicide dicamba in their urine, up from 28% in an earlier study

    • Our unequal earth
      US court bans three weedkillers and finds EPA broke law in approval process

    • ‘Symbol of polarisation’: EU scraps plans to halve use of pesticides

    • Vets urged to cut pesticide flea treatments amid river pollution fears

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