The herbicide glyphosate and the neonicotinoid acetamiprid to have low toxicity levels for honey bees under actual field conditions, researchers have discovered. They also found sulfoxaflor to be near ...

The fruit and vegetables that Americans bring home and cook up for their families are often laced with pest-killing chemicals known as acetamiprid and imidacloprid, members of the neonicotinoid class.

PARIS — Even from his seaside holiday retreat at the Fort de Brégançon, President Emmanuel Macron will be closely watching a key court ruling on a controversial pesticide on Thursday. The question of ...

The ruling is a blow to the French farm lobby, with Agriculture Minister Annie Genevard noting farmers in other EU countries can continue to use acetamiprid. France’s constitutional court Thursday ...

France's top constitutional authority on Thursday blocked a law that would allow the reintroduction of a pesticide virulently opposed by environmental groups. The decision infuriated farmers and ...

A number of French health experts wrote an open letter in Le Monde Tuesday calling on the French government not to reintroduce the bee-killing pesticide acetamiprid, warning that it could also be ...

A reduction in the legal limits for residues of the insecticide acetamiprid in food has sparked strong opposition from European farmers, who fear losses in the production of many fruits and vegetables ...

The decision infuriated farmers and France's far right and conservative parties but was welcome by environmentalists and left-wing parties. The law would have permitted the return of acetamiprid -- a ...

France's constitutional court on Thursday rejected the reintroduction of a controversial insecticide in a significant blow to the government and major farming lobbies that had supported its return.