Each year, three billion kilograms of pesticides are used worldwide. Without the use of these chemicals, there would be a 78 ...

The environmental impact of nine pesticides, commonly used in grape cultivation, may have been significantly underestimated, ...

Could residents of Dumaguete, touted as the safest city in the country by the World Travel Index, be breathing polluted air?

A new project funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) is being launched to help Vietnam reduce the release of POPs ...

New research suggests that widely used agricultural pesticides, particularly those used in grape growing, may be far more ...

Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC have found that persistent organic pollutants (POPs)—synthetic toxic chemicals often found in food sources and stored in body fat—are ...

The global population aged 65 and older is projected to increase from 10% in 2024 to 16% by 2050, primarily in low and middle ...

A national consultative workshop has called for effective measures to reduce the use and release of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and other Chemicals of Concern (CoCs) — substances highly ...

The presence of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in all the world's oceans but one has been in steady decline since 2001, when 152 countries agreed on a comprehensive global ban. The exception ...

Among pregnant women, having low persistent organic pollutant exposure enhanced the protective association of an alternate Mediterranean diet against gestational diabetes, according to results ...

Persistent organic pollutants Persistent organic pollutants (POPs), such as 3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzofuran (TCDF), are widely prevalent and bioaccumulate in the environment, posing serious health ...

Antarctica may seem pristine and almost devoid of life, but there's plenty of chemistry going on. Victoria Atkinson explains ...