Augustine Record Preliminary findings in a state study of pesticide levels at a Hastings school indicate the chemicals are far below commonly accepted risk levels. Pesticide Action Network said the highest diazinon level found during its study was 900 nanograms - what it said was five times above the highest acceptable level. Howard is chief of the agriculture department's pesticides bureau, A pesticide allowed only for commercial and agricultural use. Johns County school system...

But the good news is that the amounts of pesticides they have detected are very small and appear to have had no harmful effect on these top predators. The current pesticides used in agriculture took only about two or three days to break down. At a briefing on Thursday, researchers explained that the purpose of the fish eagle research project was not fish eagle conservation, but to establish the extent to which chemical pollution was permeating the Breede River system. They have also found...

Organic foods contain lower levels of pesticide residues than conventionally grown foods and they are grown without the use of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers. While Carson's research was a good start to raising our collective awareness of pesticide use and its effects on human and environmental well-being, her work is far from done. Despite conscientious efforts by those who apply pesticides according to federal requirements, the chemicals contaminate water, air and our bodies. She...

People using pesticides should always follow the label instructions when applying any pesticide, including herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides. Even when these herbicides are applied in the cool of the morning, toxic chemical vapors will lift off later on a hot day and can drift to neighboring fields. These chemicals produce vapor drifts that are prone to injure neighboring crops, trees and landscape plants at high temperatures. Many perennial plant species are vulnerable to weed...

Sable Chemicals needs US$40 million for major refurbishment of its electrolysis plant over the next three years to guarantee the continued manufacture of ammonium nitrate fertilizer, the company's general manager Mr John Mhunduru said in Harare on Tuesday. Sable Chemicals needs US$40 million for major refurbishment of its electrolysis plant over the next three years to guarantee the continued manufacture of ammonium nitrate fertilizer, the company's general manager Mr John Mhunduru said in...