Jury selection will begin this week in Los Angeles County Superior Court in five lawsuits alleging that more than 5,000 Central American agricultural workers became sterile due to exposure to pesticides.
An Oregon man filed a $2.5 million lawsuit against a pest control company last week, claiming that his wife died after being exposed to pesticide chemicals in their home two years ago.
Amvac Chemical Corp. recently agreed to pay $300,000 to 13 workers who alleged that they became sterile after being exposed to the pesticide DBCP in Nicaraguan banana plantations in the 1970s. The use of DBCP in the United States was halted in 1977.
Last November, the EPA decided to phase out the use of the pesticide azinphos-methyl by 2012. Now a group of farmworkers and environmentalists is challenging the ruling, arguing that the pesticide should be discontinued immediately.
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 2007 budget proposal calls for nearly $69 million for the state's Department of Pesticide Regulation – a 5 percent increase over last year. The boost is the result of a crackdown on unpaid pesticide-retailer sales fees.
A new law requires all California day-care centers to give parents notice before any pesticides are sprayed at or around the childcare facility. The law, which went into effect Jan. 1, applies to approximately 600 centers across the state.
Research at the Harvard School of Public Health showed that individuals exposed to pesticides were 70 percent more likely to develop Parkinson’s disease than those not exposed to pesticides.
Georgia’s Department of Human Resources has reported that a recent survey of south Fulton County communities finds the symptoms of nearly 600 residents to be consistent with exposure to propyl mercaptan, a toxic substance found in crop pesticides.
The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is suggesting that the insecticide azinphos-methyl be phased out by 2010 due to farm worker and environmental health risks.
American farmers make a springtime ritual of spraying atrazine, an herbicide, on their crops; however, the European Union's (EU) plan to ban the use of atrazine by 2007 is causing U.S. environmental groups to take notice.
The use of methyl bromide as an agricultural pesticide may be more strictly regulated following a ruling by a San Francisco County Superior Court.
Two Fox News employees have filed suit, alleging that toxic molds and pesticides present in a Fox building caused them to become sick.
Wal-Mart agreed to pay $1.15 million for allowing garden chemicals to pollute rivers and streams in Connecticut.
The EPA is preparing to publish standards regarding the use of data from tests that expose human subjects to pesticides.
New York farmers used fewer pesticides in 2002 than they did in 1997, according to data taken from the latest national agricultural census.
A recent report reveals that pesticide use in or near schools sickened more than 2,500 people over a five-year period.
In an apparent response to pressure from India, Coca-Cola announced that it is sponsoring research to develop technology to test the pesticide content of finished soft drinks.
Scientists recently discovered that dangerous toxins such as mercury, DDT, and other now-banned pesticides are being deposited into the Arctic in the form of bird droppings.
While still in the womb, U.S. babies absorb a number of toxic chemicals, including mercury, gasoline products, and pesticides, according to a new report.
According to a study published in the journal Science, pesticides and other man-made chemicals may decrease male fertility for at least four generations.
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