National Pesticide Safety Education Month

Controlling pests that damage crops and plants is necessary both to safeguard food security and to ensure viable income to farmers for their production. This needs to be done while minimising the risks to people and the environment.

Bees are vital to our lives; without them, there would be no almonds, and few apples, onions, blueberries, carrots, or even, perish the thought, coffee. According to the Center for Biological Diversity, “more than half of North America’s

Pesticides have been used, in one way or another, for thousands of years to protect crops against invasive species, fungi and other “pests.”   While there are organic options, chemical pesticides are commonly used, with industrial agriculture relying heavily

The European Commission has adopted new rules which, once enforced, will lower the maximum residue levels of two pesticides in food. Evaluations by EFSA, the European Food Safety Authority, have in fact demonstrated that two chemical substances belonging

The EU’s highest court ruled on Thursday (19 January) that EU countries should no longer be allowed temporary exemptions for banned, bee-toxic neonicotinoid pesticides, putting half of all such derogations to an end.  The European Court of Justice

Pesticides are substances intended to kill or repel insects, animals, plants, fungi or pathogens considered to be pests. Though people have used pest control methods for thousands of years, the 20th century was the first time mass-produced synthetic

Gardeners who use pesticides are contributing to the decline of British songbirds, a study suggests. Scientists have urged people to stop “spraying their gardens with poison” in order to halt bird decline and adopt instead wildlife-friendly practices. The

Eden Research received authorisation for its flagship biofungicide, Mevalone® for home garden use in Italy for the control of a number of important plant pathogens affecting the home grower. The diseases include Botrytis cinerea and powdery mildew, destructive

The UK government has allowed the emergency use of banned bee-toxic neonicotinoid pesticides in England for the third year in a row just days after the EU ruled out the practice.  The UK government announced on Monday (23

Eden Research has signed a distribution agreement with the local arm of the American agri-giant Corteva that allows the latter to market, distribute, and sell the UK group’s fungicide product, Mevalone, in France on an exclusive basis. Mevalone

Eden Research, the Milton Park, Oxfordshire-based company which develops sustainable bio-pesticides and plastic-free formulation technology for use in the global crop protection, animal health and consumer products industries has announced sales for the past year will be better

Pesticides are commercial products containing toxic chemicals which are deliberately sprayed onto crops in order to deter unwanted pests, such as insects, rodents, fungi and weeds. They encompass a wide variety of chemical products, including herbicides, insecticides and

Governments gathered at the UN biodiversity conference agreed to halve the risk of pesticides globally, echoing EU ambitions. Meanwhile, member states endorsed new impact study on the bloc’s plans for pesticide reduction, which critics slammed as a delaying

A report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) provides new insights on actions stakeholders could take to minimize the adverse impacts of pesticides and fertilizers to human and environment health. The Environmental and Health Impacts of Pesticides and Fertilizers and Ways