A tech startup is using IoT sensors and AI to help farmers cut hefty pesticide costs

Spotta, a UK-based tech startup, is using IoT sensors and AI to help farmers monitor insects and limit the use of costly pesticides.

RFK Jr will not target ultra-processed foods or pesticides in latest MAHA efforts, report says

Woman Diagnosed with Malaria in Washington May Be State’s First Locally Acquired Case

The woman who contracted the disease had not traveled out of the country recently, marking the first potential locally-acquired case of malaria in the state.

New pesticides provide challenging alternatives to neonicotinoids

New Cornell research offers alternatives to a class of insecticides that has devastating ecological impacts, especially to pollinators, beneficial insects and aquatic invertebrates. A paper published online in Crop Protection on August 5 examines a number of …

MAHA Draft Report: Pesticides, Processed Foods Unmentioned, But Conspiracy Theories Abound

We’ve already demonstrated over the course of plenty of posts that RFK Jr. is wildly incapable of running Health and Human Services. The fact that he was even nominated for a role in managing American health is absolutely bonkers, but that a Senate filled wit…