Environmental Protection Agency head Lee Zeldin has said he wants the federal agency to accelerate scientific safety evaluations of various chemicals, including pesticides. The review process is ...

A fumigant notice is posted in a field on Shoemake Ave near Hart-Ransom Elementary School in Modesto, Calif., on Friday Jan. 21, 2022. Valley Improvement Projects released its Stanislaus County ...

Pesticide safety is extremely important. If the directions on the label are followed, both the applicator and the environment ...

A new study from UCLA Health has found that long-term residential exposure to the pesticide chlorpyrifos is associated with ...

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Fruit grower Brian Nakamura remembers when the state started pesticide testing in the streams near his orchards more than 22 years ago. He can point to exactly what sparked him and fellow growers to ...

(Beyond Pesticides, February 27, 2023) California’s Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) is asking for comments on its “Sustainable Pest Management (SPM) Roadmap” by 5 pm (PST) March 13, 2023.

When it comes to healthy eating, fruits and vegetables reign supreme. But along with all their vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients can come something else: an unhealthy dose of dangerous ...

The USDA pesticide residue report demonstrates the safety of conventionally grown produce, contrary to claims of anti-science activists like the Environmental Working Group. There is a LOT of ...

In coordinated raids in September, multiple California agencies stormed a network of illegal cannabis-growing warehouses across Oakland while state cannabis regulators singled out a salmon-colored ...

In the Spotlight is a Modesto Bee series that digs into the high-profile local issues that readers care most about. Story idea? Email [email protected]. Valley Improvement Projects released its ...