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The EPA's New Strategies to Protect Endangered Species from Pesticides Need Improvement
12. September 2024
Court Tells Federal Agency to Rethink Widespread Pesticide Spray Program
29. August 2024
Xerces Introduces New Searchable Systemic Insecticides Reference
13. January 2022
Bee City USA Affiliate Spotlight: Decatur, GA
3. November 2021
Insecticide Seed Treatments Threaten Midwestern Waterways
8. September 2021
Protecting Grassland Ecosystems from Insecticides
2. September 2021
Planned Grasshopper Sprays Threaten Monarchs, Bees, Beneficial Insects, and Birds Across Western Rangelands
12. May 2021
WARNING: this blog post may entice you to partake in “virtual democracy”
17. March 2021
Ethanol Plant Causes Severe Pesticide Contamination in Nebraska
11. January 2021
Xerces Urges California to Step Up for Pollinators
21. October 2020
Home on the Range: Grasshoppers and Insecticides on Western Rangelands
16. September 2020
Science Notes: How Pesticide Sampling Can Help Restore Imperiled Western Monarchs
4. June 2020
To Protect Pollinators We Must Address All Risk Factors
10. October 2019
Pesticide-Free Gardening Tips for Earth Week and Beyond
23. April 2019
Celebrating the Legacy of Rachel Carson
27. September 2018
Bumble Bee Die-Off Under Investigation in Virginia
21. June 2018
Scientists Urge Action to Protect Waters from Neonicotinoid Insecticides
13. March 2018
How Our Gardening Choices Affect the Health of Our Waterways
22. February 2018
New Fact Sheet Highlights Risks to California’s Surface Water from Insecticides
22. August 2017
New Report: How Neonicotinoids Can Kill Bees
14. December 2016
Shortfalls of EPA’s Preliminary Risk Assessment for Imidacloprid
7. January 2016
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