Fruits and veggies are essential parts of a well balanced diet. They serve most nutrients and health benefits in abundance. However, the safety of these foods is crucial, particularly regarding ...

conventional agriculture. Since the early 1900s, fertilizers have been promoted as essential to soil health; pesticides and fungicides have guaranteed healthy plants. But after a century of ...

Emergency use of three pesticides that can be deadly to bees will soon be stopped for good, the government has said.

Scientist Dr Rosaria Campilongo, chief executive of PfBIO, is leading the transition from pesticide-dependent agriculture to protect crops ...

Excessive use of pesticides and chemical fertilisers ... said both organic and conventional farming can ensure food safety if managed responsibly. The event also featured contributions from ...

Emerging contaminants, which flow into streams from wastewater treatment plants, agricultural runoff and ... compared results of the two methods. With the conventional targeted chemical concentration ...