pesticide

An email from a high-level official in Canada's pesticide regulatory agency is raising eyebrows for what observers say it reveals about the agency’s pro-pesticide bias.

Insect declines mean reduced yields of healthy foods like fruit and vegetables and increased disease in people, study finds.

Many key goals in a proposed agreement on protecting the planet's biodiversity remain unsettled as debate continues over who will pay for the ambitious pledges, delegates at a UN meeting in Montreal said on Monday, December 12, 2022.

While they're traditionally viewed as concrete jungles rather than natural oases, cities are increasingly taking a leadership role when it comes to protecting biodiversity.

Montreal's mayor is launching a challenge to other cities to commit to protecting biodiversity as it prepares to host a major United Nations conference next month.

The migrating monarch butterfly was added last week to the “red list” of threatened species and categorized as “endangered” for the first time by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

Ambitious draft goals to halt biodiversity loss revealed, with proposed changes to food production expected to "raise eyebrows."

Widely used herbicides are struggling to kill some weeds. Some experts think heat could be part of the problem.

Beekeepers are sounding the alarm about the latest developments in genetically modified pollinators.

Announcement comes after Trump administration reversed plans to ban chlorpyrifos and rejected scientific conclusions of experts

Research measuring the effort of climate change on bees suggests they are only half as likely to be found in areas where they were once common.

More than one in four birds have been lost across diverse groups and habitats, in what researchers describe as a ‘wake-up call’

Newly published research is providing more compelling evidence that a common insecticide is harming migratory birds.

Health Canada has rejected allegations that a key ingredient in a popular pesticide is a cancer risk to humans based on typical use.

By the time the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) — an agency that operates within Health Canada — re-approved the use of glyphosate on April 28, 2017, Canada had been notified of 68 "serious incidents" from April to October 2016 involving glyphosate where complainants alleged they had developed cancer due to exposure.