Beyond Pesticides: Review Highlights Threats to Health and the Environment from Pesticide Contamination in the Atmosphere
The transport of pesticides in the atmosphere through drift and volatilization threatens both public and ecosystem health.
Beyond Pesticides: Pesticides Found in Marine Atmosphere Over Deep Atlantic Ocean, Documented for the First Time
Pesticides Found in Marine Atmosphere Over Deep Atlantic Ocean, Documented for the First Time
Review Highlights Threats to Health and the Environment from Pesticide Contamination in the Atmosphere
(Beyond Pesticides, ) Documented for the first time, 15 currently used pesticides (CUPs) and four metabolites (breakdown or transformation products—TP) were found in the marine ...
The environmental impact of nine pesticides, commonly used in grape cultivation, may have been significantly underestimated, suggesting current pesticide risk assessment criteria need updating. The ...
The environmental impact of nine pesticides, commonly used in grape cultivation, may have been significantly underestimated, suggesting current pesticide risk assessment criteria need updating.
Learn about EPA's recent actions on pesticides. EPA regulates pesticides under broad authority granted in two major statutes, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and Food Quality Protection Act, of 1996 (FQPA).
Pesticides include herbicides for destroying weeds and other unwanted vegetation, insecticides for controlling a wide variety of insects, fungicides used to prevent the growth of molds and mildew, disinfectants for preventing the spread of bacteria, and compounds used to control mice and rats.
This article explores the various problems associated with pesticides, including environmental impacts, human health risks, and the broader ecological consequences.
Pesticides are substances designed to control or eliminate organisms considered pests. These can include a wide variety of living things such as insects, weeds, fungi, and rodents.