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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says it plans to reduce the use of pesticide testing on birds as part of Administrator Andrew Wheeler’s push to roll back animal testing at the agency. The ...

Some of our favorite fruits and vegetables carry unhealthy levels of chemicals. CR's exclusive ratings reveal how to get the ...

A powerful faction of Colorado’s cannabis industry is pushing for more tolerant testing requirements for marijuana concentrates, but first they’ll have to persuade state health and pot regulators to ...

In the last month, Montana’s cannabis industry has been tested in more ways than one. State regulators recently quadrupled the roster of pesticides for which cannabis products must be tested, and the ...

Three California lawmakers have sharply criticized as inadequate a proposed regulation by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency governing the use of human volunteers in pesticide experiments.

OLIVIA — The Renville County Soil and Water Conservation District will conduct pesticide applicator testing from 8 a.m. to noon on two separate days — Feb. 22 and April 18 — in the district office at ...

The Environmental Protection Agency for the first time is establishing criteria for tests by pesticide makers on human subjects, but the proposal immediately was criticized by lawmakers who demanded ...

Background: Irritant contact dermatitis and allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) are frequent among agricultural workers and require targeted interventions. Patch testing is necessary for differential ...

Get ahead of an expired pesticide license by signing up for one of the in-person training and testing clinics happening across Illinois from January through April. The University of Illinois Pesticide ...

Fruit grower Brian Nakamura remembers when the state started pesticide testing in the streams near his orchards more than 22 years ago. He can point to exactly what sparked him and fellow growers to ...

Eating more pesticide-laced produce increases exposure to dozens of pesticides, according to a nonprofit that publishes the “Dirty Dozen” list of contaminated foods.