Pesticides

Caltrans may resume herbicide spraying By AMY GITTELSOHN The Trinity Journal Trinity County Transportation Director Rick Tippett informs residents that the meeting they showed up for Feb. 27 was not open to the public. Amy Gittelsohn...

Wed Aug 19, 2015 5:12pm EDT Reuters: Scientists call for new review of herbicide, cite 'flawed' U.S. regulations U.S. regulators have relied on flawed and outdated research to allow expanded use of an herbicide linked to...

Bees are attracted to nectar containing common pesticides, scientists at Newcastle University and Trinity College Dublin have discovered. This could increase their chances of exposure to high levels of pesticides. Previous studies have suggested that...

LONDON (AP) — One of the world's most popular weed-killers — and the most widely used kind in the U.S. — has been labeled a probable carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on...

Are Your Delicious, Healthy Almonds Killing Bees? —By Tom Philpott - Mother Jones Tue Apr. 29, 2014 3:00 AM PDT Honeybees and almond blooms: mutual dependence Protasov AN/ShutterstockCalifornia dominates almond production like Saudi Arabia wishes it dominated...