Usha Ghatowar smiles wryly when asked about the pay she earns picking leaves at a colonial-era tea garden in India's Assam.

HETAUDA, APR 13 - Sustainable farming practices have led to a drop in the application of chemical pesticides in Makwanpur after decades of increasing use.

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U.S. regulators will put new restrictions on the world's most widely used herbicide to help address the rapid expansion of weeds resistant to the chemical, Reuters has learned.

It turns out that pesticides may affect male fertility.

Deep ocean fish are facing a host of health problems that may be due to man-made pollution, according to a new study.

Nearly half of food products in Europe contain residues of pesticides, with strawberries the most likely to exceed legal limits, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) said on Thursday.