The Health Canada Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) is responsible for pesticide regulation in Canada. The public registry is where you can learn more about all pest control products registered ...
Scientists and gardeners regularly advocate for safe havens for bees, especially since bee populations are struggling to survive in the face of pesticides and the effects of climate change.
Both lab tests and experiments in mice have shown that AMETA constructs are highly effective against a range of SARS-CoV-2 variants, including the heavily mutated Omicron sublineages and even the ...
Nigel Raine and Sabrina Rondeau have found that bumblebee queens are more likely to hibernate in soil contaminated with pesticides than in clean soil—for reasons they still don't quite understand.
Indian-origin ninth grade student Sirish Subash won the 3M Young Scientist Challenge 2024 for developing an AI-powered handheld pesticide detector, earning a USD 25,000 prize. His innovative device, ...
The federal pesticide regulator collaborated with an agrochemical giant to undermine research by a prominent Canadian scientist to stave off an impending ban of a class of pesticides harmful to human ...
In his presentation, Subash used data from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that said 70.6% of produce items contain pesticide residues. The lingering residues can lead to certain health ...
In an elaborate experiment, scientists discovered that the insects chose to hibernate in soil full of pesticides and other poisons. By Darren Incorvaia North-facing, sloping ground with loose, ...
Currently, our food system is heavily dependent on pesticides—but these pesticides grow less effective as pests develop resistance to them, have a substantial carbon footprint, and can damage ...
According to an expert, who cannot be named because he is not allowed to speak to the media, spaza shops often sell pesticides, such as aldicarb, also known as two-step, in small packets that the ...