WASHINGTON — The Bush administration announced Friday a temporary ban on the use of human tests for setting pesticide regulations and asked the National Academy of Sciences to review the scientific ...

Under intense pressure from millions of weed users, California officials are scrambling to test cannabis products for pesticides following a Times investigation last month revealing that regulators ...

In deciding whether to approve specific pesticides, the Environmental Protection Agency is using data from two dozen industry tests that intentionally exposed people to poisons, including one ...

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency yesterday proposed banning pesticide testing on pregnant women and children. The move followed criticism that the government’s reliance on human ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - Pregnant women will not be allowed to participate in third-party pesticide testing submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency, according new rules proposed by the agency as ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - A draft final rule stating that the Environmental Protection Agency no longer will allow legal guardians to consent for their wards to participate as test subjects in pesticide ...

The Senate voted 60 to 37 in favor of an amendment sponsored by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) -- which came as lawmakers considered the EPA's annual spending bill -- that would impose a one-year ...

Expedited tests of all water sources at U.S. military bases on Guam found only a minute presence of a banned pesticide at two ...

The Environmental Protection Agency for the first time is establishing criteria for tests by pesticide makers on human subjects, but the proposal immediately was criticized by lawmakers who demanded ...

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Wednesday it will order pesticide manufacturers for the first time to test 67 chemicals contained in their products to determine if they ...

SEATTLE (AP) - Washington state marijuana business owners are urging regulators to require cultivators to test adult-use crops for pesticides, a move that has triggered alarm bells among smaller ...