Gardening season is in full swing, and many people are bringing plants to our office for disease or insect pest identification. Many of the plants are not diseased; they are suffering from some form ...

Did you know that if you hire someone to apply pesticides or fertilizers to your lawn and/or landscape, they are required to have some form of license to do so? It makes sense because chemical ...

(Columbia) Feb. 9, 2007 - Weeds are abundant in some of our lawns. Some of us will do nothing about them and soon, others will apply a herbicide to control this pest. Controlling a pest with ...

A study involving 678 individuals who apply pesticides recently found that exposure to certain pesticides doubles one's risk of developing an abnormal blood condition called MGUS (monoclonal ...

Though agriculture is the US’s biggest industry – with more than 2 million workers – safety legislation is a piecemeal affair, with the states regulating some things, unions fighting for others, the ...

(Beyond Pesticides, August 11, 2015) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing new standards for pesticide applicators who apply “restricted use” pesticides, requiring an increased ...

Sugar cane planters may be able to use pesticides more safely, according to two studies published by Nicholls State University recently. Nicholls chemistry professor Darcey Wayment said adding ...

The Washington State Department of Agriculture is encouraging homeowners to think about bees before applying pesticides to flowering plants. It's part of an effort to reduce the risk to pollinators ...