Buried beneath a full agenda of committee reports at a recent neighborhood meeting lies an item simply called the “pest control issue.” But many of the 30 people attending the Marcy-Holmes ...

International Treatment Solutions (INTRESO) Group is pleased to announce the registration of eFUME® by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The registration marks an important milestone for ...

After discovering high levels of a toxic pesticide in West Long Beach, city officials — alongside several state and federal regulatory agencies — are working to limit the chemical’s presence in the ...

Five facilities near schools and houses in L.A. County fumigate produce shipped from overseas with methyl bromide. But the air agency doesn’t plan to monitor the air or take any immediate steps to ...

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Methyl bromide, which was widely used to treat soil on farm fields, has been banned worldwide for most uses since 2005 under a United Nations treaty that protects the Earth’s ozone layer. Exemptions ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. At least six fumigation facilities in southeast Los Angeles County have been using a toxic pesticide that could be ...

California plans to restrict use of the fumigant 1,3-dichloropropene (1,3-D) because of human health concerns, including risks of cancer for people downwind of agricultural fields where it is sprayed.

ABSTRACT: The larvae of fruit and vegetable fruit fly pests feed on the inner pulp of the fruit, causing the fruit to turn yellow before it is ripe and fall off prematurely. In severe cases, the fruit ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia bill approved by the House of Delegates on Tuesday that limits counties from regulating agricultural operations is stoking fears that a logging company could ...