This post has been updated to include a statement by the Pesticide Action Network. The Environmental Protection Agency announced today it is requiring new warning labels on a type of pesticide known ...

The Environmental Protection Agency has unveiled new labels that prohibit the use of some of the controversial pesticides containing neonicotinoids where bees are present. "Multiple factors play a ...

A widely used insect nerve agent has been labelled a “high acute risk” to honeybees by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). A similar assessment by the EFSA on three other insecticides preceded ...

Neonic insecticides — a synthetic derived from nicotine — has been used in agriculture for years. “As a seed treatment, particularly on agronomic crops like soybeans or ...