chemicals

EU Likely to Ban Common Insecticides to Save Bees

Posted in Business, Featured, Popular Stories on 9th Mar, 2018
by Alex Muller

Bees all over Europe may soon be just a little safer, after new evidence reinforces the case against harmful neonicotinoids, the worlds most used pesticides.

Popular pesticide hurts wild bees in major field study

Posted in Science on 24th Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller

Pesticide problems are just one of many problems facing pollinators; this is separate from colony collapse disorder, which has devastated honeybee populations.

Growing number of chemicals linked with brain disorders in children

Posted in Medicine on 19th Feb, 2014
by Alex Muller

214 human neurotoxicants now identified, many widely used and disseminated extensively in the global environment.