Although many farmers stated that they have good knowledge of the negative effects of pesticide usage on the environment and aquatic animals, more than half of them could not recognize a pictogram ...

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In focused research groups, students and faculty within WPI’s Chemical Engineering Department go beyond the classroom to solve real-world problems, continuing to make discoveries in areas like ...

These pesticides — previously used for pest control in major crops such as wheat, cotton, rice and vegetables — have been linked to severe environmental degradation, contamination of water ...

You might encounter a variety of chemical hazards on a daily basis. As their name suggests, chemical hazards are substances that can be dangerous to the human body, causing irritation or toxicity ...

A woman in New York is suing Girl Scouts of the USA after a study claimed to find aluminum, arsenic, lead, and mercury and pesticides, including glyphosate, in cookies Sabrina Weiss is the ...

The Girl Scouts has been sued by consumers over the alleged presence of “heavy metals” and pesticides in its popular Thin Mints and other cookies. A proposed class action was filed on Monday ...

A new lawsuit alleges cookies sold by the Girl Scouts include “dangerous” heavy metals and pesticides, though the youth organization has denied the claims in defense of its popular product ...

NEW YORK, March 11 (Reuters) - The Girl Scouts have been sued by consumers over the alleged presence of "heavy metals" and pesticides in its popular Thin Mints and other cookies. A proposed class ...

Microplastics, PFAS, and some other compounds, such as pesticides, are now so widespread that they’ve essentially become part of our biome, not unlike bacteria or fungi. They’re so common ...

One of the ways is pesticides, they’re effective and economical. But over the years, civil lawsuits claim herbicides like agricultural Roundup cause cancer. And that’s the focus of a ...