Pesticide Residues Committee publishes 2005 annual report
DEFRA - Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs | 28 Sep 2006
The Pesticide Residues Committee (PRC) published their annual report today. The results of the 2005 monitoring programme show that in 68.1% of the food sampled no pesticide residues were found but 1.7% of samples contained residues above the permitted maximum levels. These were mostly in imported exotic fruit and vegetables.
 Pesticides and Fertilisers

Government publishes response to Royal Commission's Pesticide report
DEFRA - Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs | 20 Jul 2006
The Government has today published its response to the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution's report Crop spraying and the health of residents and bystanders.
 Biodiversity | Climate Change | Global Warming | Pesticides and Fertilisers

Ministers reject no-spray zones
BBC | 20 Jul 2006
Ministers reject the idea of 'buffer zones' around fields sprayed with pesticides in favour of voluntary measures.
 Organic Farming | Pesticides and Fertilisers

DDT 'link' to slow child progress
BBC | 06 Jul 2006
Children exposed to the pesticide DDT while in the womb experience development problems, researchers say.
 Health and Environment | Pesticides and Fertilisers

Pesticide exposure raises risk of Parkinson's
New Scientist | 27 Jun 2006
Exposure to pesticides – even at relatively low levels – may increase an individuals risk of developing Parkinsons disease by 70%, according to a study of more than 140,000 people.
 Health | Pesticides and Fertilisers

Study looks at pesticide link with Parkinson's
Guardian Unlimited | 22 Jun 2006
Scientists have begun a three-year study aimed at establishing whether pesticides can cause Parkinson's disease as part of an attempt to assess the extent of long-term health risks from the chemicals
 Biodiversity Conservation | Pesticides and Fertilisers | Planning and Management of Development | Science and Environment

How doth the little busy bee? Badly
Guardian Unlimited | 30 May 2006
Apis mellifera, the common honey bee, is under threat from a pesticide-resistant parasite infesting its hives. Beekeepers fear that unless the parasite can be stopped it will trigger a long-term decline in the fruit and vegetables available to the British public.
 Pesticides and Fertilisers

Killer oak disease not native to US: researcher
Reuters | 24 Apr 2006
Imported plants may be to blame for a contagious disease that has killed hundreds of thousands of oak trees along the U.S. Pacific coast, a University of California, Berkeley researcher said on Friday.
 Economics and the Environment | Farming Practices | Deforestation | Forest Quality | Commercial Forestry | Sustainable Forest Management | Tropical Forests | International Environmental Conventions | National Policies and Environmental Laws

Fine imposed for illegally selling unapproved pesticides
DEFRA - Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs | 10 Apr 2006
On the 3 April 2006 at Salisbury Magistrates Court, Growing Success Organics Ltd and a director of the company, Stanley Mernagh, were each convicted of two offences relating to the illegal supply of two unapproved pesticide products.
 Environmental Awareness | Education | and Public Participation | Pesticides and Fertilisers | Corporate Social Responsibility | England | Scotland

'Barren future' for Africa's soil
BBC | 31 Mar 2006
Africa's farmland is rapidly becoming barren and incapable of sustaining the continent's already hungry population, according to a report.
 Economics and the Environment | Farming Practices | Land Tenure Issues | Environmental Awareness | Education | and Public Participation