“So we take a precautionary approach to make sure we don’t underestimate risks.” That's why, the organization made a bigger ...

Why they’re a problem: Nearly all domestic, conventional samples had residue of chlorpropham, a carbamate pesticide. Organic potatoes were moderate risk, because of contamination with the same ...

He further clarified that carbamate is another group of chemicals used as pesticides, adding that there is a "slight difference" between carbamate and organophosphate. "One major difference is ...

CR finds concerning levels of pesticides in 20 percent of the fruits and vegetables we looked at, and calls on the Environmental Protection Agency to ban organophosphate and carbamate pesticides.

The Department of Agriculture hopes that its investigation will help confirm the source of and how banned and restricted ...

It found that 71% of cases showed negative effects. Negative effects were evident in both lab and field studies, across all studied pesticide classes, and in a wide variety of soil organisms and ...