Rep. Carbajal and Sen. Padilla introduced legislation authorizing $6M annually for NOAA to investigate offshore DDT waste in ...

U.S. Representative Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24) and U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) introduced the Ocean Protection and DDT Reduction Act, new legislation aimed at addressing the toxic industrial waste ...

Many farmers use pesticides to treat bacterial and fungal diseases that affect their crops. If left uncontrolled, these diseases can be extremely damaging and can even threaten entire industries. For ...

Communities seek to control adult mosquitoes to combat an outbreak of mosquito-borne disease or a very heavy, nuisance infestation of mosquitoes. The pesticides we register for this use are known as ...

CONTAMINATION ZONE By 1994, DDT and other chemicals had been seeping into land and water at the United Heckathorn Co. Superfund site in Richmond for nearly three decades. The initial cleanup was a ...

Bioaccumulation is the net accumulation of chemicals in an organism from all exposure routes (water, food, sediment, air) when uptake exceeds elimination, leading to concentrations higher than in the ...

A banned pesticide that was outlawed decades ago is still turning up in the rice, corn, wheat, and beans that millions of ...

As the chillier months approach, horticultural expert Monty Don shares a valuable piece of advice for those looking to gather fresh greens throughout autumn and winter. In a blog entry, Monty noted ...