Tobacco as good as pesticide

Tobacco, as a potential green pesticide is getting new attention from the scientific community. Since the concern of health risks from tobacco has reduced demand and hurt the tobacco farmers, new uses are being investigated. One potential use is as a pesticide, it was used on a small scale as a pesticide for hundreds of years. Read more...

WHO Pesticide regulations based on toxicity in rats

The current World Health Organisation (WHO) pesticide classifications are based on toxicity in rats and not humans. Basing the toxicity on humans would be more sensible as it will make pesticide poisoning less hazardous and prevent hundreds of thousands of deaths globally without compromising agricultural needs. Read more...