French NGOs sue government over alleged negligence in pesticide regulation
A coalition of French environmental charities on Thursday accused the French state of negligence in regulating the use of pesticides, in a landmark legal case.…
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At Least 10 Pesticides Could Have Links to Parkinson’s
Cara Murez
FRIDAY, May 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists say they've identified 10 pesticides that kill neurons involved in Parkinson's disease,…
10 pesticides toxic to neurons involved in Parkinson’s: With thousands of…
Researchers at UCLA Health and Harvard have identified 10 pesticides that significantly damaged neurons implicated in the development of Parkinson's disease, providing new clues about…
French watchdog finds traces of banned pesticide in drinking water
Issued on: 06/04/2023 - 18:51
France's public health watchdog said Thursday mass testing of drinking water revealed…
Are your strawberries bland? Pesticides could be to blame
Have you ever bitten into a plump, red strawberry, only to find it bland and watery? Certain pesticides might be responsible. A team reporting in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food…
Pesticides in breast milk led to infant mortality: Study
Maharajganj (Uttar Pradesh), January 30
A study by Lucknow's Queen Mary Hospital has claimed that pesticides have been found in the milk of…
Dismay in French Caribbean as Paris court dismisses pesticide case
Issued on: 06/01/2023 - 22:09
Nearly 20 years after Caribbean islanders sued to hold the French government criminally…
‘€11,000 for so much sacrifice’: Bayer pesticide ruling ends French…
Issued on: 08/12/2022 - 11:32
A French court has ordered Germany's Bayer to pay compensation of some 11,000 euros to a crop…
To Ditch Pesticides, Scientists Are Hacking Insects’ Sex Signals
Proving that this way of producing pheromones works, and that they’re effective, has taken almost a decade. “We are now looking at scaling up the process and introducing them in the market,”…