pesticide

Jul 23, 2025

Organic management produces higher quality grapes

A new study from Guanajuato, Mexico found that grapes grown under organic management had significantly higher concentrations...

Jul 16, 2025

Major study ties glyphosate to cancer, highlighting the protective power of organic

A landmark study offers some of the strongest evidence to date that glyphosate and glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs) pose a significant cancer risk, reinforcing the importance of organic farming...

Apr 11, 2025

Organic farming promotes healthier and more diverse soil fungal communities

Soils on organic farms host more diverse...

Dec 14, 2020

Neonicotinoid pesticides are linked to decline in bird biodiversity

Neonicotinoid pesticides remain controversial as evidence mounts to show their detrimental impacts on important biodiversity. Documenting more evidence of their harm, a recent study in the journal...

May 04, 2018

Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides later associated with autism

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A new study has linked prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides (some of the most widely used insecticides in the United States) with...

Jul 12, 2017

Prenatal exposure to pesticides linked to poor motor function in infants.

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A recent study published in Environment International has found that infants exposed to the pesticides naled and chlorpyrifos before birth had reduced...