The scandal over contaminated eggs in Germany is growing. To protect their customers from the toxic Fipronil, the discounter Aldi has pulled all eggs from its stores. But what exactly is Fipronil?

BRUSSELS-- Experts are analyzing contaminated egg products imported from the Netherlands to two establishments in France, one of four countries the European Union notified Monday that some eggs ...

Scientists are urgently trying to determine the causes of colony collapse disorder and the alarming population declines of honeybees. The effects of fipronil and imidacloprid on honeybees has been ...

(Beyond Pesticides, June 12, 2019) A new study finds that the widespread insecticide fipronil causes transgenerational toxicity across generations of zebrafish. Fipronil, already known to be highly ...

(Beyond Pesticides, October 27, 2020) The insecticide fipronil is more toxic to aquatic insects than previously thought, often present in U.S. waterways, and can trigger trophic cascades that disrupt ...

Fipronil is banned for use on crops in the EU, China, Vietnam and California A “wildly toxic” chemical used to combat fire ants and the varroa mite in Australia is banned in Europe and harmful to ...

Police in the Netherlands have detained two men suspected of being involved in the illegal use of a pesticide in the poultry industry. Millions of fipronil-contaminated eggs have been recalled since ...

The research team found a common insecticide, fipronil, and related compounds were more toxic to stream communities than previous research has found. The presence of insecticides in streams is ...

Millions of eggs have been pulled from supermarket shelves in more than a dozen European countries - including the UK - after it was discovered that some had been contaminated with the potentially ...