Scientists have discovered that a drug called nitisinone, used to treat a rare genetic disorder, makes human blood toxic to ...

THE shortage of nicotine for use as an insecticide has stimulated the search for suitable substitutes. One of the organic phosphorus insecticides called hexanthyltetraphosphate (H.E.T.P.) seemed ...

Using insecticides too often may boost weed growth. A new study shows why timing, observation, and cover crops make all the ...

Farmers across America face a counterintuitive problem, according to new research. The very chemicals they spray to kill ...

Low doses of a drug already approved for treating rare genetic conditions in humans kills mosquitoes dead. Scientists say it ...

Adolescents in California, after their mothers experienced prenatal pesticide exposure, are linked to impacted menstrual cycles.

Your concerns about butterflies are valid. Any insecticide used against ants and chinch bugs will hit other non-target ...

After the Legislature failed to pass $2 million in emergency funding, spraying this spring will cover only about 85% of the ...

A couple hailing from Sayeed Wala village and currently living in Abohars Gobind Nagari, reportedly consumed insecticide. Civil Hospital sources said Dayal Chand (35) and his wife Ekta (30) were ...