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In late July 2019, a group of migrant farmworkers from south Texas was working in a cornfield in DeWitt County, Ill., when suddenly a crop duster flew...
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More than 2 million people in the U.S. work in or near agriculture fields that are treated with pesticides. The Environmental Protection Agency has...
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For every crop in the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency carries out a rigorous set of tests to determine which pesticides are safest....
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On July 28, 2017, a central Iowa emergency dispatcher received a 911 call from a man in a corn field. “I had workers that were detasseling,” said the...
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Pesticides are all over, from backyard gardens to cornfields. While their use doesn’t appear to be slowing, concern over drift and the resulting effects...
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The herbicide dicamba is thought to have been the culprit in more than 3 million acres of damaged soybeans across the country, destroying plants and...
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Applying large amounts of pesticides to farm fields can have negative effects on babies born to mothers living nearby, according to new research. The...
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The Missouri Department of Agriculture on Friday announced a temporary ban on the sale of agricultural products containing the pesticide dicamba,…
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In an effort to turn away from chemical pesticides, which have the potential to damage the environment, some farmers are looking in a new direction in the…
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Halfway down a dead-end road in the small farming town of Palisade, Colorado, is the research facility known as “The Insectary.” Scientists at the lab…