The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) announced that it is initiating a licensing action against TriCal, a company that provides agricultural pesticide-application services to farms ...

Colombia says it will use drones to resume spraying of coca crops with a weed killer as authorities grapple with record ...

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia said on Friday it plans to legalize medical marijuana in a further shift in drug policy after suspending aerial fumigation of illicit crops. The government is preparing a ...

Colombia may soon stop using one of Uncle Sam’s favorite anti-drug weapons after recent studies found it could cause serious collateral damage. This week, Colombian health officials recommended the ...

QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador said on Monday it had sued Colombia in international court over drug crop fumigation along its border in a move that could stoke tensions as the neighbours spar over a ...

One of Colombia's chosen weapons against its drug barons is aerial spraying of coca and opium poppies with herbicide. But it has been shown to be ineffective and the potential for environmental damage ...

Ethyl formate (EF) has emerged as a promising fumigant in the realm of pest control, offering an environmentally sustainable alternative to conventional chemicals such as methyl bromide. Owing to its ...

BOGOTA, Colombia - A massive U.S.-financed fumigation campaign of cocaine-producing crops has hit Colombia's illicit drug industry hard, cutting coca cultivation by one-third in seven months, a U.N.

Colombia will resume aerial spraying of coca plantations with the herbicide glyphosate to counter a record increase in production of the cocaine crop, President Juan Manuel Santos announced Tuesday.