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‘Reduced Risk’ Pesticides Are Widespread in California Streams

Insect and weed killers designed to replace compounds that cause neurodevelopmental problems in animals and people pose their own set of risks.

By Liza Gross

A worker on a farm wears a Tyvek chemical protective suit as he sprays a field with a herbicide after the broccoli harvest. Credit: Andrew Holbrooke/Corbis via Getty Images
weets with bugs from Micronutris company, a leader in Europe in the human diet based on insects, on January 9, 2017. Credit: Patrick Aventurier/Getty Images

Protein-Filled, With a Low Carbon Footprint, Insects Creep Up on the Human Diet

By Emiko Terazono

Grapevines at a vineyard in Sonoma County, California, November 27, 2016. Sonoma County experienced an outbreak of Pierce's disease in 2014. Credit: Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images

Warmer California Winters May Fuel Grapevine-Killing Pierce’s Disease

By Liza Gross

Millions of locusts swarm in Tsiroanomandidy, Madagascar. Credit: Rijasolo/AFP via Getty Images

Locust Swarms, Some 3 Times the Size of New York City, Are Eating Their Way Across Two Continents

By Bob Berwyn

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