Each year, three billion kilograms of pesticides are used worldwide. Without the use of these chemicals, there would be a 78 ...

New research suggests that widely used agricultural pesticides, particularly those used in grape growing, may be far more ...

The environmental impact of nine pesticides, commonly used in grape cultivation, may have been significantly underestimated, ...

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are toxic chemicals that threaten human health and cause environmental deterioration. The production and use of POPs peaked during the post-war industrial boom ...

Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC have found that persistent organic pollutants (POPs)—synthetic toxic chemicals often found in food sources and stored in body fat—are ...

The presence of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in all the world's oceans but one has been in steady decline since 2001, when 152 countries agreed on a comprehensive global ban. The exception ...

A new project funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) is being launched to help Vietnam reduce the release of POPs ...

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs), such as 3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzofuran (TCDF), are widely prevalent and bioaccumulate in the environment, posing serious health risks.

A national consultative workshop has called for effective measures to reduce the use and release of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and other Chemicals of Concern (CoCs) — substances highly ...

Among pregnant women, having low persistent organic pollutant exposure enhanced the protective association of an alternate Mediterranean diet against gestational diabetes, according to results ...