Analysis - South Africa's townships - urban areas created for black people under apartheid - have long experienced problems with massive pest infestations and the selling of pesticides on the streets ...

The petition called on the government to immediately ban the toxic agrochemical Terbufos and institute mechanisms for ...

Study adds to the wide body of science linking pesticide exposure in children to neurobehavioral effects such as ADHD.

When the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced at the end of October a $15 million program to expand access to ...

The seemingly unstoppable spate of tragic deaths of children in Soweto, Alexandra and other townships after exposure to terbufos, one of many pesticides banned in the European Union but permitted in ...

South Africa has classified a spate of poisonings as a “national disaster”, after at least 23 children have died in recent ...

Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, has acknowledged the challenges in addressing ongoing deaths and infections linked to foodborne illnesses.

The tragic deaths of six Soweto children from pesticide-contaminated snacks highlight South Africa’s urgent waste-management ...

South Africa is on the brink of a national municipal waste crisis. Rats are just a symptom of a much larger issue that ...

While officials target foreign and unregistered spaza shops, the root issue—deadly pesticides like terbufos and ...