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Research could help Pacific Northwest farmers develop long-term irrigation management strategies to protect crops from potentially dangerous soil copper levels....More

EPA does not intend to further accelerate its review of neonicotinoid pesticides which some beekeepers and environmental groups are blaming for bee kills....More

The Senate passed a bill to reauthorize a law which establishes a more streamlined and predictable pesticide registration program at EPA....More

Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" pushed the pendulum past the point of scientifically justified equilibrium, and on to the other side of costly paranoia about potentially live-saving pesticides....More

The Alliance for Food and Farming is putting together a team from within the produce industry to represent each of the twelve items that frequently appear on the Environmental Working Group’s so-called “Dirty Dozen” list....More

Insecticide usage is down significantly in winter vegetable production in the Western low-desert region – from an average of 12 sprays in 1991 to about 4.5 sprays in 2011 – almost a 70 percent reduction....More

Pesticides in the air do not pose a significant health risk to California communities. When the DPR testing results were announced it became known – quite to the chagrin of doomsday activists – that the vast majority of pesticide levels were well below those expected to cause damaging health effects. No findings called for immediate regulatory action. Thirty-four pesticides and five pesticide breakdown products were monitored, including six fumigants and 11 organophosphates....More

EPA has announced new restrictions on the use of chlorpyrifos, known as Lorsban, in response to a petition filed by the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Pesticide Action Network North America....More

New California restrictions will take effect to limit where structural pest control businesses can apply pesticides in an effort to protect water quality in urban areas....More

The continued shortage of methyl bromide and viable alternatives will negatively impact crop production in the U.S. and lead to higher dependence on imported food sources....More

Raspberry growers typically use broadcast fumigation to deal with root lesion nematodes and root rot, but increasing EPA restrictions have inspired alternative methods....More