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Chemistry World
December 2, 2015
Rebecca Trager |
EPA acts to halt approval of Dow's Enlist Duo herbicide New information suggests that 'synergistic effects' between the product's two active ingredients, glyphosate and 2,4-D, could result in greater toxicity to non-target plants.   |
Chemistry World
October 22, 2014
Rebecca Trager |
EPA takes steps to prevent herbicide resistance in weeds The US Environmental Protection Agency has approved a combination herbicide designed to be used with genetically modified resistant crops. |
Chemistry World
November 13, 2015
Matthew Gunther |
European food safety body finds glyphosate 'unlikely' to cause cancer The peer reviewed report has also proposed legal dosage limits for glyphosate if accidentally consumed. |
Chemistry World
September 22, 2014
Rebecca Trager |
US drops restrictions on more GM seeds The US Department of Agriculture has approved Dow's 'Enlist' engineered corn and soybean seeds for commercial cultivation without special authorization. |
Science News
July 8, 2006
Janet Raloff |
Farm Fresh Pesticides In the U.S., for people who live near croplands, traces of agricultural chemicals can find their way into homes by hitchhiking on windblown dust. This is disturbing for a number of reasons, not the least of which is the link between pesticide exposure and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. |
Chemistry World
September 10, 2015
Rebecca Trager |
Glyphosate to be labelled a carcinogen in California California's announcement follows a conclusion by the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer in March that the herbicide glyphosate is a probable human carcinogen. |
Chemistry World
March 5, 2015
Rebecca Trager |
Butterfly population collapse prompts lawsuit against EPA The US Environmental Protection Agency is being accused of ignoring evidence that the herbicide glyphosate poses a serious threat to dwindling monarch butterfly populations. |
Chemistry World
August 7, 2006
Katharine Sanderson |
US Releases Pesticide Review The US environmental protection agency has outlawed agricultural use of the pesticides lindane and carbofuran, following 10 years of scrutiny. |
Chemistry World
November 3, 2009
Rebecca Trager |
First tests for pesticide endocrine effects in US The EPA has requested that manufacturers screen seven compounds under this first round, including atrazine - a widely used herbicide that may be associated with birth defects and other problems. |
Scientific American
August 14, 2006
Paul Raeburn |
After 25 Years, the EPA Still Won't Ban a Risky Pesticide Attempts to ban the household use of the insecticide dichlorvos, or DDVP, have flopped, despite safety concerns since the 1970s. |
