pesticides

A bill before a Michigan Senate committee would make it easier for residents to join the state’s Pesticide Notification Registry.

Corteva Agriscience, a division of DowDupont, says it's ended its controversial testing program that was exposed last week by animal welfare advocates."We…

Insecticides widely used on farms, lawns and gardens — known as neonicotinoids — are showing up in rivers across the Great Lakes region.Michelle Hladik, a…

How worried should you be about pesticide residue on produce? Yesterday, we spoke with a veteran food scientist who said not to be alarmed. Today,…

Just how worried should we be about pesticide residues on the fresh fruits and veggies we buy? Can we trust government standards? Are consumers avoiding…

A conservation group is raising questions about Dow Chemical's attempts to convince the Trump administration to drop studies that show Dow's pesticides…

Researchers have found a chemical that’s widely used on crops such as almonds, wine grapes and tree fruits can be bad for bees.They’ve found it makes…

The Next IdeaPesticides are a critical part of a business that is very important to Michigan: agriculture. You need to control the insects that are…

Monarch butterflies are declining.The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering whether to add the monarch butterfly as a threatened species under the…

Researchers with the U.S. Geological Survey have been monitoring pesticides in rivers and streams around the country for 20 years. They just released…