To achieve the organic goal, Bhutan also aims to discontinue the use of harmful chemicals in the field. There are several allegations about the overuse of harmful chemicals in the field. Fertilisers ...

It would also be of greater global significance than the ban imposed by Bhutan in 2013, as Switzerland is the home of the world's biggest pesticide manufacturer, Syngenta. The formal petition will ...

Farming: Bhutan’s aspiration to go organic by 2020 is threatened if a proper substitute is not found for herbicides. Most farmlands in the country are managed organically except for few that use low ...

It has the menacing sound of an Alfred Hitchcock movie: Millions of rats aren't even getting sick from pesticide doses that once killed them. In one county in England, these "super rats" have ...

The sun has slid behind the mountains looming over Thimphu, capital of the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, and the day’s final ritual is set to begin. Along the edge of the crowd, in pageboy ...

The widespread use of pesticides may be contributing to the sharp decline in wild bee populations, a new study has found. While there are many reasons for the global bee population downswing ...

The goal of the summit is to create a global platform for food regulators to exchange knowledge and enhance food safety ...

That’s just another normal working day at Bhutan’s Paro International Airport (PBH), widely considered one of the most technically difficult plane landings in the world. Maneuvering onto a ...

These self-paced, online eLearning courses can prepare you for the Indiana pesticide certification exams or introduce workers to the basics in your field. These courses present 5 to 8 hours of ...

The peer-reviewed study Pesticides and Environmental Injustice in the USA: Root Causes, Current Regulatory Reinforcement and a Path Forward (2022) finds that Black, Indigenous and people of color and ...

Spraying pesticides can have unintended impacts on important pollinator species. Researchers are trying to find ways to quell growing mosquito populations that spread disease without putting ...

The 2021 peer-reviewed study Pesticides and Soil Invertebrates: A Hazard Assessment shows that pesticides widely used in American agriculture pose a grave threat to organisms needed for healthy soil, ...