Weeks after a Bellingham resident spotted a sign about pesticide spraying near Fairhaven Park, locals are asking if the chemical is safe. NextDoor user John W. of Bellingham said he was “quite ...

A chemical leak at a West Virginia plant killed two people and sent 19 others to the hospital, authorities said. The leak occurred at the Catalyst Refiners plant, a silver recovery business in ...

As the Minnesota state legislature sprints to wrap up this year’s session, supporters of a ban on paraquat are pressing their case, pointing to evidence of a link between the herbicide and Parkinson’s ...

Every spring and summer, homeowners face the same frustrating battle: weeds pushing through driveways, invading flower beds and sprouting stubbornly across carefully maintained lawns. The instinct is ...

It’s the world’s most used herbicide, best known in the U.S. as Roundup. American farmers alone spray about 300 million pounds of it on fields annually. Such chemical herbicides have long been opposed ...

A widely used and extremely toxic herbicide caused a scare near the California-Oregon border after a big rig spill on Highway 97 in a northeastern Siskiyou County town. “One small sip” of paraquat ...

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Orange County sprays herbicides to eradicate vegetation in flood control channels. A group of residents in San ...

Of all the pesticides out there, few have sparked more controversy than glyphosate. The world’s most used weed killer, glyphosate is perhaps better known by the brand name Roundup. It works by killing ...

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) said the United States is “under siege” from Roundup Weed & Grass Killer manufacturer Bayer’s lobbyists who seek to shed the company of any damage liability. “All three ...