pesticide

Paula Kahumbu, conservationist and head of Wildlife Direct, highlighted the "lack of evidence" supporting the pesticide theory.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

A former electrical engineer who moved from his native Kentucky to take a defense job, Montgomery founded the company in 2023 with an eye toward getting pesticide sprays out of suburban yards.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

A spokesperson for California’s Dept. of Pesticide Regulation, which oversees pesticide use, said the EWG report looked at detections of the PFAS, but the state “looks at how the detections compare to federal tolerance levels.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

Specialist species are suffering population crashes due to habitat loss and pesticide use.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

Never has any pesticide program been so thoroughly and deservedly damned by practically everyone except the beneficiaries of this “sales bonanza.”

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

“I don’t necessarily think it’s the pesticides or any specific one ingredient that’s making them feel better,” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

"We haven't got enough detailed information to have confidence in this claim that it's due to pesticides in crops," Kahumbu said.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

Fifteen elephants found dead in southern Kenya outside the Amboseli National Park are suspected to have been poisoned by eating tomatoes that had been sprayed with pesticides on nearby farms.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

Environmentalists in France were outraged Tuesday as parliament looked set to authorise some farmers to use two bee-harming pesticides banned in France but allowed in the European Union.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

As applications of pesticides continue and the virtually indestructible residues continue to build up in the soil, it is almost certain that we are heading for trouble.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson