为解决氨基甲酸酯类杀虫剂西维因（Carbaryl）潜在致癌性争议，美国国家癌症研究所（NCI）等机构研究人员基于农业健康研究（AHS）队列52,625名农药施用者数据，通过Poisson回归模型分析发现：西维因使用与胃癌风险呈剂量依赖性正相关（RRT3=2.07，p-trend=0.02），且 ...

A team of researchers led by Prof. JIANG Changlong from Institute of Solid State Physics (ISSP), Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of of Chinese Academy of Sciences developed a new sensing system ...

We recently reported associations between urinary 1-naphthol (1N) levels and several intermediate measures of male reproductive health, namely sperm motility, serum testosterone levels, and sperm DNA ...

Five years ago, the Environmental Protection Agency moved to phase out homeowner sales of diazinon, a popular lawn insecticide that posed human health risks and had shown up at elevated levels in ...

Federal researchers have found that two widely used pesticides significantly harms endangered Northwest salmon and steelhead species. The opinion could lead to a change in where and how the pesticides ...

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, is not just home to great science minds, it also harbours some unique microorganisms. Recently, researchers have identified a soil bacterial strain from the ...

The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) welcomes submissions on its reassessment of some organophosphates and carbamates (OPCs). The reassessment will cover substances containing carbaryl, ...

(Beyond Pesticides, April 14, 2023) In March, scientists at the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) issued a draft Biological Opinion (BiOp) stating that carbaryl and methomyl — two commonly used ...

Consumers will no longer find pesticides containing the ingredient carbaryl on store shelves. The Department of Pesticide Regulation this week announced new restrictions for residential consumers of ...

In an effort to save the trees in western Boulder County from a scourge of hungry mountain pine beetles in the mid-1970s, foresters doused tens of thousands of trees with a potent, cancer-causing ...

A POISON which Australians commonly apply in powder on their pets and dust or spray in their gardens to control fleas, ticks, caterpillars and aphids is still freely available in Sydney shops even ...