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Pesticide updates from the EPA

27 Nov 2022February 3, 2023
The EPA Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) regularly shares updates via this link (you can also sign up for updates). Over the last three months, the OPP tackled multiple issues,…
Recent News

EPA’s plan to keep up with ESA

22 Apr 2022April 30, 2022
Workplan reference: https://www.epa.gov/endangered-species/epas-workplan-and-progress-toward-better-protections-endangered-species#workplan Feature image: https://www.epa.gov/endangered-species The EPA recently announced that it will evaluate the potential effects of all new pesticide active ingredients on federally endangered or threatened (i.e., listed)…
Basics of Toxicology

Designing good ecotoxicology studies

17 Nov 2021November 17, 2021
Featured image: A conceptual model to explain how monarch butterflies could be exposed to insecticides used in Midwest agriculture. Figure obtained from Krishnan et al. (2021). As an insect toxicologist,…
Special Topics

Can exposure to insecticides impact monarch butterfly conservation?

24 Jun 2021December 29, 2021
Featured image: Monarch caterpillar photo was taken by Aaron Eckley at Iowa State University. This was originally published by Iowa Monarch Conservation Consortium: https://monarch.ent.iastate.edu/can-exposure-insecticides-impact-monarch-butterfly-conservation. The question posed in the title…
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Discovery of a novel neonicotinoid insecticide effect

30 Jan 2021December 29, 2021
Featured image was taken from Wikimedia commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lepidoptera_Diversity.jpg This article (slightly edited below) was published in Department of Entomology newsletter at Iowa State University: https://www.ent.iastate.edu/department-entomology-alumni-news-2021 Niranjana Krishnan writes: I started…
NAS reports

Assessing risk to endangered species

5 Jan 2020February 24, 2022
Featured image: The Golden Toad was last recorded in 1989. Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (obtained from Wikimedia Commons) The “Assessing Risk to Endangered and Threatened Species from Pesticides”…
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Can your pet’s pest control product harm you?

2 Dec 2018December 29, 2021
Featured image: A dog is being treated with a flea and tick powder (CDC Public Health Image Library) This post was originally published in Envirobites If you have put a…
Special Topics

Precision Pesticides

13 Nov 2018November 3, 2019
This post was originally published in ICM Blog Pesticides are substances that are designed to control pests. Every year, nearly six billion pounds of pesticides are applied worldwide. In agricultural…
Recent News

At risk from atrazine?

2 Oct 2018December 29, 2021
Featured image: Atrazine use in the United States in 2016. Photo taken from U.S. Geological Survey website  This post was originally published in Envirobites Atrazine is one of the most…
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The science behind the pesticide that was almost banned

5 Sep 2018December 29, 2021
Featured image: The group which conducted the prenatal chlorpyrifos exposure study. This study was central to EPA’s assessment on chlorpyrifos risks to humans. Photo source: Columbia Center for Children's Environmental…
Special Topics

Why we need a science-based approach to help the monarch butterflies

5 Jul 2018March 31, 2020
[This post was originally published in Students of SETAC Outreach. The work described in this article has now been published: https://setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/etc.4672 ] I will start by acknowledging this: I am…
Recent News

The impact of three insecticides on endangered species

15 Jun 2018December 29, 2021
Featured image: The location of critical habitats (areas essential for conservation of threatened and endangered species) in mainland United States. Photo Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services. This post was…

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