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Insecticides

A tractor with a seed-planting attachment drives through a field planting corn seeds behind it as it travels.
The EPA's New Strategies to Protect Endangered Species from Pesticides Need Improvement
A wide open field of yellow flowers, short grasses, and scrubs in southeastern Oregon.
Court Tells Federal Agency to Rethink Widespread Pesticide Spray Program
Monarch larvae on showy milkweed, roadside in Idaho.
Xerces Introduces New Searchable Systemic Insecticides Reference
A roadside sign that is a bright green color with the message “MOSQUITO SPRAYING KILLS BEES” in black text. A silver-colored car and a bus drive past in the background.
Bee City USA Affiliate Spotlight: Decatur, GA
A farm landscape showing brown stubble of corn in fields surrounding a wetland pond. The water appears dark blue, reflecting the gray clouds in the blue sky.
Insecticide Seed Treatments Threaten Midwestern Waterways
A young burrowing owl runs across the ground with a green grasshopper in its bill. The owls feathers are fuffy. They are brown on its back and top of heard and white on its belly and chest. Its face is brown with horizontal stripes of white across its chin and forehead and it has striking yellow eyes that have a black center.
Protecting Grassland Ecosystems from Insecticides
A cow and her calf, both black, lie in the middle of sagebrush and grasses, with the rangeland stretching away to the horizon.
Planned Grasshopper Sprays Threaten Monarchs, Bees, Beneficial Insects, and Birds Across Western Rangelands
Beneath a blue sky, the clear waters of a river sparkle as it flows past pine trees
WARNING: this blog post may entice you to partake in “virtual democracy”
Pale pink and purple ball-shaped flower heads of common milkweed stand out against the green foliage of this habitat strip beside a farm field
Ethanol Plant Causes Severe Pesticide Contamination in Nebraska
"Blooming pollinator habitat between rows of almond orchards in California"
Xerces Urges California to Step Up for Pollinators
A small aircraft flies close to the ground as it sprays insecticides on rangeland
A small aircraft flies close to the ground as it sprays insecticides on rangeland
Home on the Range: Grasshoppers and Insecticides on Western Rangelands
Pale pink flowers of narrow-leaf milkweed growing beside a tomato field in California's Central Valley.
Pale pink flowers of narrow-leaf milkweed growing beside a tomato field in California's Central Valley.
Science Notes: How Pesticide Sampling Can Help Restore Imperiled Western Monarchs
Dead bees lay scattered on asphalt. A pencil is laid alongside them to help with estimates.
To Protect Pollinators We Must Address All Risk Factors
A garden in the front of a home showcases a variety of pollinator plants, including orange California poppies.
Pesticide-Free Gardening Tips for Earth Week and Beyond
Rachel Carson looks pensive as she sits near a ship, with a book in her lap.
Celebrating the Legacy of Rachel Carson
Hundreds of dead bees lay across a single parking space in this photo of the Wilsonville bee kill.
Bumble Bee Die-Off Under Investigation in Virginia
A marsh that is reflecting the deep blue of the sky is ringed by powerlines and neighborhoods.
Scientists Urge Action to Protect Waters from Neonicotinoid Insecticides
A red dragonfly perches atop a green leaf in a garden. A bit of blurred siding is visible in the background, indicating it is close to a house.
How Our Gardening Choices Affect the Health of Our Waterways
american river
New Fact Sheet Highlights Risks to California’s Surface Water from Insecticides
2016 neonic report
New Report: How Neonicotinoids Can Kill Bees
bee on sunflower
Shortfalls of EPA’s Preliminary Risk Assessment for Imidacloprid