Pesticide News
Toxic pesticide levels found in tampons 40 times higher than legal limit for water
Glyphosate, a pesticide linked to cancer, found at very high levels in menstrual products in the UK, according to report Toxic pesticide levels have been found in tampons at levels 40 times higher...
Pesticide Residues in Pet Food Threaten Health of Companion Animals
Published in Environmental Pollution, a study of commercial dry pet products finds dietary pesticide residues in dog and cat food, “highlighting the urgent need for improved regulatory frameworks to...
Controversial New Study Links Parkinson’s With Living Near a Golf Course
A contentious new study has found that people who live near golf courses may face a higher risk of Parkinson's disease. That does not mean that golf courses are directly causing Parkinson's, but the...
Four minors dead in northeast Amarillo after pest control chemical in home creates lethal gas
Four minors are confirmed dead in what Amarillo fire officials are describing as an accidental poisoning at a northeast Amarillo home. Amarillo Fire Department Captain Larry Davis said that there...
Report: Pesticide Exposure in Pregnancy May Raise Autism Risk
Pregnant women who live within a mile of spaces where commercial pesticides are applied appear to have an increased risk of having a child with autism, a new study suggests. The risk that a child...
Alert issued on two commonly used crop pesticides which may damage the brains of children and unborn babies
A safety watchdog has issued an alert about two food crop pesticides, which may damage the brains of babies in the womb and children. The suspect chemicals are used around the world on farms growing...
Insecticides Could be to Blame for Behavioral Problems in Children
Millions of children in the U.S. are being exposed to insecticides that are currently used daily in homes around the country. According to a recent study published by Canadian researchers, the...
Family Settles with Exterminator whose Poisons Killed their Children
Nathan and Brenda Toone suffered the unthinkable loss of two of their daughters to alleged pesticide poisoning within days after taking care of the seemingly routine home maintenance task of using...
Toxins Meant to Kill Pests Can Put Human Health in Danger
Pesticides and household chemicals seep into our skin and filter through our lungs every day. The exposure to toxins meant to kill pests puts human health in danger and those toxins have long been...
Why Am I Fat? Four Surprising Reasons
These factors might mean the difference between those who eat without gaining weight ... and the rest of us. Whatever fad diet books tell you, the single most important factor affecting weight gain...
Study: Home Pesticides Linked to Childhood Cancer
As if links to Parkinson's disease, diabetes and obesity, cancer, low sperm counts and other reproductive health problems, and childhood developmental problems and diseases were not enough ... or...
Lower IQ in Children Linked to Toxic Air Pollutants, Some Pesticides
A mother’s exposure to urban air pollutants known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) can adversely affect a child’s intelligence quotient or IQ, according to the new study “Prenatal Airborne...
Study: Children Susceptible to Pesticides’ Health Effects Until Age 7
It's well known that children are more susceptible to the harmful effects of chemical exposure than adults. For one, their bodies are still developing rapidly, so chemicals can interfere with the...
Pesticide Exposure Linked to Parkinson’s Disease
Study: Two common pesticides, when mixed, amp up risk for Parkinson's disease. The risk of Parkinson's disease increases in people who live near farm fields sprayed with a combination of pesticides....
Working with pesticides impacts women’s fertility
Women with potential exposure to pesticides at work or at home took longer to get pregnant than women without pesticide connections. Pregnant women living in a migrant, farmworker community in...
Warning: this pesticide may be toxic to children and fish
Triclosan rubber-stamped by EPA : environmental safety down the drain This fall, EPA approved re-registration of antibacterial soap ingredient triclosan for yet another five years of use in consumer...
Pesticide mixes: when 1 + 1 does not equal 2
A mix of two pesticides had greater toxic effects on exposed salmon than would be expected from one separately, adding to concerns that health risks from pesticides are underestimated. Risk...
Toxic contamination starts at home
When women from 120 middle-class homes learned their bodies contained low levels of toxic chemicals, most of them blamed chemical spills, waste dumping or secret military experiments. They were...