While hovering, a hummingbird consumes calories faster than any other bird or mammal. That’s why the finding that exposure to the neonicotinoid insecticide imidacloprid slows metabolism up to 25% is ...

(Beyond Pesticides, July 8, 2024) Please submit comments by Wednesday, July 31, 2024. Acephate, an insecticide and member of the highly toxic organophosphate (OP) family, is so toxic that EPA is ...

The pollen and nectar of neonicotinoid-treated plants are poisonous to bees. Unless you’re buying certified organic transplants this spring, you may be introducing persistent neonicotinoid ...

In conventional food production systems, not all pesticides remain on a plant’s exterior. Systemic pesticides are chemicals that are actually absorbed by a plant when applied to seeds, soil, or leaves ...

The use of a systemic insecticide containing imidacloprid as an active ingredient is the most common consumer product to treat high-value ash trees from the emerald ash borer (EAB) pest. Young ash ...

BIOLOGICAL control as a supplement to chemical control of insect pests was discussed by the first -named author in an article in Nature in 1944 1. It was shown that there was a practical possibility ...