Gardening season is in full swing, and many people are bringing plants to our office for disease or insect pest identification. Many of the plants are not diseased; they are suffering from some form ...

(Columbia) Feb. 9, 2007 - Weeds are abundant in some of our lawns. Some of us will do nothing about them and soon, others will apply a herbicide to control this pest. Controlling a pest with ...

A study involving 678 individuals who apply pesticides recently found that exposure to certain pesticides doubles one's risk of developing an abnormal blood condition called MGUS (monoclonal ...

The Washington State Department of Agriculture is encouraging homeowners to think about bees before applying pesticides to flowering plants. It's part of an effort to reduce the risk to pollinators ...

Occasionally, I’ll receive a call from a homeowner asking me what chemical to use to control an insect, weed or disease. That’s a fairly straight forward question, but my response likely surprises ...

Did you know that if you hire someone to apply pesticides or fertilizers to your lawn and/or landscape, they are required to have some form of license to do so? It makes sense because chemical ...

GREENFIELD, Calif.—When Agustin Espinoza Jaramillo shuffles to the doctor who treats his prostate cancer, he says he thinks about the three decades he spent applying pesticides to the fields that ...

California pesticide regulators are looking to raise penalties for serious and repeat violations, with a new enforcement ...