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Pesticides news & research in Australia

Common household rat poisons found to pose unacceptable risk to wildlife as animal advocates push for ban

The Guardian, December 2025


Sustainable and organic wines pique interest of young people

ABC News,November 2025


How Australia’s Loose Pesticide Rules Are Harming Its Environment and People

Earth.org, October 2025


Are your blueberries safe? Why a pesticide scare has some concerned

SBS News, September 2025


Banned chemical found by scientist in fresh berries sold at NSW supermarkets

ABC News, September 2025


PFAS experts answer common questions about ‘forever chemicals’ and the risks to human health

ABC News, August 2025


Depression, breast cancer and migraines among disease and health conditions impacting productivity

ABC News, August 2025


Australian birds in surprising sex switching discovery

University of the Sunshine Coast, August 2025


21 new PFAS chemicals identified in Sydney tap water via sensitive testing methods

ABC News, August 2025


Why are some Australian farmers losing faith in peak agricultural bodies to represent their interests?

The Guardian, August 2025


ACMA clears Landline episode

TV Tonight, August 2025


Many fish are social, but pesticides are pushing them apart

The Conversation, July 2025


Common farm chemical threatens insect survival

Macquarie University, July 2025


PFAS in Coffee, Rice and Eggs? Here’s What it Means for Food Safety and Testing

Leeder Analytical, July 2025


Should you go organic if you’re worried about pesticides?

ABC Listen, June 2025


Australia’s bowel cancer rates are world’s highest for under-50s

The Guardian, May 2025


‘PARA’normal widespread tree death in cropping regions: WHAT is the cause?

Ryzo Earth Blog, May 2025


EPA officials investigate after hundreds of birds drop dead in eerie scene: ‘Extremely confronting’

The Cool Down, May 2025


EPA investigates poisoning of 250,000 bees in Corowa

ABC News, April 2025


Victoria’s unique dolphin population threatened by legacy of ‘forever chemicals’

The Guardian, March 2025


‘Heartbreaking’: poisoning suspected after mass deaths of more than 200 little corellas in Newcastle

The Guardian, March 2025


Pesticides causing widespread harm to animals and plants: study

The Australian, February 2025


Pesticide poisoning blamed for deaths of popular Ourimbah peacocks

ABC News, February 2025


Australia, New Zealand record highest breast cancer rates in world

ABC News, February 2025


Bunnings, Mitre 10, Coles and Woolworths urged to ditch ‘toxic’ product after shock report

MSN News, February 2025


Menace to ecology and consumers. No thrill for Barnaby on blueberry hill

Michaelwest.com.au, January 2025


Fears chemical spray drift is affecting trees, but proving it is complicated

ABC News Australia, January 2025


Soil degradation threatens food supply and scientists are calling for action

ABC News Australia, December 2024


Pesticides linked with motor neurone disease

ABC News Australia, December 2024


Pesticide use linked to extreme rate of Australia’s invertebrate extinction

Biodiversity Council, December 2024


Cancer Council of Australia ‘not aware of strong evidence’ to suggest environmental factors may increase cancer risk

Sydney Morning Herald, November 2024


Banned pesticide among toxic cocktail discovered in west NSW

Sydney Morning Herald, November 2024


Chemicals banned for decades in Australia found inside dying birds: ‘Serious concern’

Yahoo News Au, November 2024


Supermarket shelves bare as residents try to take control of Sydney mozzie crisis

ABC News Australia, November 2024

Australia’s top neurologists call for chemical regulator to ban paraquat herbicide over links with Parkinson’s disease

ABC News Australia, October 2024

Australia’s peak farm lobby tries to silence members after ABC investigation exposes Parkinson’s link to controversial chemical

ABC News Australia, September 2024

PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ are all around us. What does it mean for our health?

ABC News Australia, September 2024

Pesticides news & research internationally

The worst supermarket fruit and veg for pesticides

The Independent, December 2025


The afterlife of a ghost-written paper: How corporate authorship shaped two decades of glyphosate safety discourse

Environmental Science & Policy, September 2025


Landmark glyphosate safety study retracted for Monsanto ghostwriting, other ethics problems

US Right to Know, November 2025


IARC Monographs evaluation of the carcinogenicity of atrazine, alachlor, and vinclozolin

International Agency for Research on Cancer, November 2025


Baby food fears: Are pesticides and other contaminants posing threats to children?

The New Lede, November 2025


France’s birds start to show signs of recovery after bee-harming pesticide ban

The Guardian, November 2025


Parkinson’s and pesticides: Inside the fight over paraquat

The New Lede, October 2025


How Australia’s Loose Pesticide Rules Are Harming Its Environment and People

Earth.org, October 2025


Pesticides used near farm communities tied to rare but deadly childhood cancer

The New Lede, October 2025


Effects of exposure to insecticides on sleep and neurobehavioural functioning in puberty and adolescence: a scoping review

Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology, September 2025


Are biopesticides really safe? Impacts on gut microbiota and intestinal health in freshwater fish

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, September 2025


As pesticides and wildfires rise, kids with cancer need resources

Medical Xpress, September 2025


EU chemical firms plan to export rising quantities of ‘toxic’ pesticides, documents show


The Guardian,
September 2025


The Sublethal Effects of Neonicotinoids on Honeybees


Biology (Basel),
September 2025


Female reproductive toxicity after exposure to malathion or diazinon: a systematic review of rodent and human studies


Critical Reviews in Toxicology,
September 2025


Banned pesticides found in clouds, sparking new health concerns


US Right to Know,
September 2025


French government to review environmental toxicity of hundreds of pesticide authorisations within 24 months


PAN Europe,
September 2025


The Clue to Unlocking
Parkinson’s May Be
All Around Us


New York Times,
September 2025


VIDEO: Exposing Why Farmers Can’t Legally Replant Their Own Seeds


Veritasium,
September 2025


How the pesticide industry influences science and policy and why it matters for public health


University of Edinburgh,
September 2025


Time to Put Children’s Health Above Pesticide Industry Profits


US RIght to Know,
August 2025


These Doctors Have a Bold Plan to Eradicate Parkinson’s Disease—and It Starts in Your Home


Oprah Daily,
August 2025


Brain abnormalities seen in children exposed prenatally to widely used pesticide


Medical XPress,
August 2025


Golf Course Pesticides, Drinking Water & Parkinson’s Risk


Parkinson’s Foundation
, August 2025


Exposure to some Pfas could increase risk of multiple miscarriages – study


The Guardian
, August 2025


Collateral damage of neonicotinoid insecticides: Unintended effects on gut microbiota of non-target organisms


Comparative Biochemistry & Physiology Part C: Toxicology & Pharmacology
, August 2025


Pesticides contaminate on a landscape scale – far beyond the fields

PAN Europe August 2025


New evidence of chlorpyrifos harm to kids’ brains amid regulatory retreat

The New Lede August 2025


There’s a new type of acid rain – and scientists are worried

BBC Science Focus, August 2025


Are the growing levels of neurotoxic and neuro-disruptive chemicals in our food and drink contributing to the youth mental health crisis?

Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, September 2025


‘Leave it to nature’: how enticing insects to kill off pests helped cut reliance on pesticides

The Guardian, August 2025


Toxicity: The Invisible Tsunami

Deep Science Ventures, August 2025


Chemical pollution a threat comparable to climate change, scientists warn

The Guardian, August 2025


The Cancer Express: The Hidden Cost of India’s Green Revolution

Plagues, Pollution & Poverty, August 2025


Denmark bans 23 PFAS pesticides

Safe Food Advocacy Europe, July 2025


Exposure to a mix of pesticides raises risk of pregnancy complications

The Guardian, July 2025


Are the growing levels of neurotoxic and neuro-disruptive chemicals in our food and drink contributing to the youth mental health crisis?

Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, July 2025


Glyphosate: A groundbreaking global study on the controversial weedkiller

PAN UK Webinar, July 2025


Study Reveals Pesticides’ Cancer Risk Rivals That of Smoking

Sci Tech Daily, August 2024


Weedkiller ingredient widely used in US can damage organs and gut bacteria, research shows

The Guardian, July 2025


Detailed atlas reveals how pesticides affect gut bacteria and hints at probiotic interventions

Medical XPress, June 2025


Dying before their day in court – Syngenta paraquat litigation drags on as Parkinson’s victims suffer

The New Lede, June 2025


Spinach, strawberries top new ‘Dirty Dozen’ list of pesticide-laden produce

CNN Health, June 2025


Carcinogenic effects of long-term exposure from prenatal life to glyphosate and glyphosate-based herbicides in Sprague–Dawley rats

Environmental Health, June 2025


Are Pesticides in Your Food Harmful?

Time Magazine, June 2025


California scientists sound alarm on role of pesticides in raising resistance to antifungal drugs

The Hill, June 2025


Dogs pollute water with pesticides even weeks after flea treatment

NewScientist, June 2025


Toxic pesticide levels found in tampons 40 times higher than legal limit for water

Irish Examiner, May 2025


Golf course neighbours ‘face double the risk of Parkinson’s’ – even if they never play

MSN, May 2025


‘Parkinson’s is a
man-made disease’

Politico, April 2025


‘Toxic cocktail’: study finds almost 200 pesticides in European homes

The Guardian, April 2025


Glyphosate surfactant exposure and endocrine disruption

Environmental Pollution, April 2025


Long-term exposure to 53 pesticides linked to Parkinson’s

Nature Communications, June 2023


‘Live like you’re dying’: Young Iowan goes viral for ‘rant’ about cancer on TikTok

Des Moines Register, March 2025


Glyphosate poses widespread risks to female fertility and reproductive health, researchers say

US Right to Know, March 2025


Exposure to combination of pesticides increases childhood cancer risk – study

The Guardian, March 2025


Lethal Greed: How Corporate Manipulation of Science and Regulation Makes People Sick

Inside Climate News, February 2025


How can you treat your pet for fleas without harming nature?

The Guardian, February 2025


High prevalence of veterinary drugs in bird’s nests

Science of The Total Environment, February 2025


Study Finds Increased Offspring Mortality in Pesticide-Laden Bird’s Nests

Beyond Pesticides, February 2025


Profiling of pesticide industry opponents halted after company practices exposed

The New Lede, February 2025


Researchers highlight terrifying multi-generational consequences of PFAS and pesticides: ‘Can interfere with the normal functioning’

The Cool Down, February 2025


What we know so far as four pesticides used in Jersey contain the ‘forever chemical’ PFAS

ITV.com, February 2025


A public hearing in Salinas regarding draft regulations about the pesticide 1,3-D erupts in chaos.

Monterey County Now, January 2025


Health experts rally for ‘call to arms’ to protect children from toxic chemicals

The Guardian, January 2025


Deep links revealed between Canada’s pesticide regulator and industry lobby groups

National Observer, November 2024


Calls for Canada to ban bee-killing pesticides after damning CNO investigation

National Observer, November 2024


How a federal agency colluded with a pesticide maker to silence a Canadian researcher

National Observer, October 2024


Glyphosate linked to long-term brain Inflammation, Alzheimer’s

Neuroscience News, December 2024


US Senators Push to Ban Paraquat

AOL, November 2024


Huge organic farm in Iowa thrives without chemicals

The New Lede, November 2024


Environmental chemicals like PFAS linked to liver cancer

Knowridge, November 2024


In France, rising child cancer cases are suspected to be linked to pesticide exposure

EuroNews, November 2024


Pesticides: farming chemicals make insects sick at non-deadly doses – especially in hot weather

The Conversation, October 2024

Bayer’s new Roundup products appear more toxic than prior formulations, new report asserts

The New Lede, October 2024

Merchants of Poison: How Monsanto Sold the World on a Toxic Pesticide

Friends of the Earth

UN Chemical experts agree global action needed on Paraquat and Chlorpyrifos

PAN International, October 2024

Paraquat pesticide maker used “weak” data on Parkinson’s

BBC, 2023

Proven: child of florist died of leukemia from pesticides

Tagtik, October 2024

Pesticides Pose Cancer Risk on Par With Smoking, Study Reveals

Greek Reporter, July 2024

UN Chemical experts agree global action needed on Paraquat and Chlorpyrifos

PAN International, October 2024

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