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(Beyond Pesticides, August 3, 2010) A new study shows that due to a flaw in standard risk assessments, which consider toxic effects at fixed exposure times, the risks posed by the neonicotinoid pesticides imidacloprid and thiacloprid are likely to be underestimated. The authors believe that minute quantities of imidicloprid may be playing a much larger [...]
Posted in Acephate, Arizona, Aurora, Biofuels, Children/Schools, Dow Chemical, magnesium phosphide, Pollinators | 1 Comment »
(Beyond Pesticides, April 8, 2010) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is requiring new restrictions on aluminum and magnesium phosphide products in an attempt to better protect people, especially children, from dangerous exposures. The new restrictions prohibit all uses of the products around residential areas and increase buffer zones for treatment around non-residential buildings that [...]
Posted in aluminum phosphide, Children/Schools, Fumigants, magnesium phosphide, Pesticide Regulation, Phosphine, Rodents | No Comments »
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