Pesticide Linked to Infertility Found in 80% of Americans, EPA Allowed the Use of Toxic Chemical on Food Crops

Medicine & Technology Feb 19, 2024

Little-known chemical called chlormequat has been found in oat-based foods and in the urine of adult Americans. Find out more about it in this article.

Bumblebees Cannot Taste Pesticides in Nectar Even at Lethal Concentrations

Nov 21, 2023

Bumblebees are smart but cannot detect pesticides in nectar. Continue reading to understand how bees are at risk of contaminated nectar.

Cockroach Evolution: Insects Have Sugar-Free Diet to Avoid Pesticides, Affecting Its Mating Behavior

Jul 08, 2022

A new study shows that the behavioral aversion of cockroaches to sugar has taken a bitter turn that resulted in rejected males. Read the article to learn how cockroaches learned to have a sugar-free diet that affected their mating preferences.

California Vineyards Now Chemical-Free; Wine Makers Use Nesting Owls to Protect Vines for Improved Wine Production

Oct 18, 2021

Nesting owls, specifically hawks and other birds of prey identified as raptors are currently being welcomed onto California vineyards to help with their wine production.

Beer Waste Plus Manure Makes Safer, Greener Pesticides

May 31, 2021

The problem with most existing chemical pesticides is that they contain harmful chemicals, both to human health and the environment - and a new formula opens up possibilities for safer and greener alternatives.

Powerful Insecticides Harming Deer Population, Fawns Die Early in Minnesota

Mar 03, 2021

Powerful insecticides have taken up in deer in nearly every place in Minnesota, raising concerns that this common chemical may be keeping fawns from surviving maturity or threatening the deer population.

Scientists says Stream of Flanders So Polluted it May Be Used As Pesticide

Apr 13, 2019

The streams of Flanders are so polluted that scientists say its water could be used as a pesticide replacement.

New Crystallized Form of DDT Found To Be Safer And Even More Effective

Jun 14, 2017

A new crystallized from of DDT will be about to replace the existing DDT today. It is because the new form had been proved to be more effective and safer.