Planting season for corn and soybeans across the U.S. will begin as soon as March in Southern states and then move north. As farmers plant, they will deploy vast quantities of insecticides into the ...

Enviros accuse the agency of failing to regulate pesticide-coated seeds deadly to honeybees, birds Coated seeds used to grow food crops including corn, soybeans and sunflowers (Reuters) - Food safety ...

Providing seeds with a protective coating that also supplies essential nutrients to the germinating plant could make it possible to grow crops in otherwise unproductive soils, according to new ...

(CN) — Two non-profit organizations sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday over what they say is the federal agency’s failure to regulate pesticide-coated seeds. “Despite knowing the ...

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Planting season for corn and soybeans across the US will begin as soon as March in ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) failure to effectively regulate seeds coated with highly toxic pesticides violates federal pesticide laws and is devastating pollinators, wildlife, and ...

But the precise environmental effects of this kind of seed treatment isn’t particularly well-understood. Evidence is mounting that these treatments can slaughter bee colonies, which has led some, like ...

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Planting season for corn and soybeans across the U.S. will begin as soon as March in Southern states and then move north. As farmers plant, they will deploy vast quantities of insecticides into the ...