Fipronil is commonly used to get rid of fleas, lice and ticks but is banned by the European Union for use on animals destined for human consumption, such as chickens. The insecticide got into the ...

Fifteen EU countries as well as Hong Kong and Switzerland have received eggs contaminated with the insecticide fipronil, the European Commission says. The commission will hold a meeting with ...

None of them had used that insecticide. We also looked at the ag ... lands within close proximity to the site did not use fipronil and that the owners suspect “malice” in the mass wipeout ...

They started dying en masse,” Machado said. Lab research points to pesticides with neonicotinoids and fipronil — products banned in Europe — as the main cause of death for most bees in Brazil.