(Beyond Pesticides, January 10, 2020) A new study by researchers out of the University of Iowa College of Public Health, published in JAMA (the Journal of the American Medical Association) Internal ...

Woman spraying insecticide over ant on kitchen floor - Nicoleta Ionescu/Shutterstock Ants are everywhere. With nearly 2.5 million ants on the planet for each human, we, as a species, are definitely ...

Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. Pyrethroids, a type of pesticide commonly used in consumer products such as lice treatments and on conventionally grown ...

In an invited Commentary just published in JAMA Internal Medicine, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health professors Drs. Steven Stellman and Jeanne Mager Stellman offer their perspective on results ...

Although pesticides can rid your home of cockroaches or farm fields of unwanted insects, they also can harm fish and potentially even people, according to a new study from Oregon State University. At ...

(Beyond Pesticides, July 1, 2021) Yellow fever mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti) are evolving resistance to the pyrethroid insecticide permethrin, according to a study published by Colorado State University, ...

WASHINGTON— Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency proposed today to weaken protections for 23 pyrethroids, a class of insecticides linked to autism, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases and known to ...

Recent research, which found a link between pyrethroids and deaths from heart disease, highlights the limitations of epidemiological research. By Jane E. Brody With summer here and more people ...

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 9, 2013 — The bedbug's most closely guarded secrets — stashed away in protective armor that enables these blood-sucking little nasties to shrug off insecticides and thrive in homes ...

Ants are everywhere. With nearly 2.5 million ants on the planet for each human, we, as a species, are definitely not alone. Although nobody minds a little company, the real headaches begin when you ...