The UK government has refused to allow the emergency use of a banned pesticide on sugar beet to protect bees and other ...

Choose healthy plants with growing requirements that match the indoor environment. Proper plant care can minimize pest issues, reducing the need for chemicals. Examine plants regularly for insects. If ...

Research from Teagasc predicts declines in yield from pesticide use reductions, even when integrated pest management is being implemented.

Clever chemistry can help get more pesticide to stay on target, drastically reducing pollution. Meanwhile, some types of indoor agriculture can produce more food in a fraction of the space used by ...

But pesticide use still poses major threats to imperiled wildlife and human health; in fact, since Carson's book was published, annual pesticide use has continuously increased in both pounds applied ...

Some pesticides can harm a growing fetus ... If you use a repellent, do not use more than you need to, and wash it off when you get indoors.

Results Risk of lymphoma overall and B-cell lymphoma was not associated with ever use of indoor insecticide in the household (OR = 0.8, 95% CI: 0.6–1.0), neither we observed an increase in risk ...

We want to see agri-environment schemes that reward nature-friendly farming practices such as flower-rich margins and herbal leys that are proven to enable farmers to produce good food whilst ...

Intensive farming practices include growing high-yield crops, using fertilisers and pesticides and keeping animals indoors. Food production increases but there are occasionally some unwanted side ...