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With insecticide planned for hundreds of trees in urban Honolulu, farmers want a natural way to fend off coconut rhinoceros beetles Crews are injecting pesticides into palm trees from Kakaako to ...
New insecticide labelling rules: QR codes, safety symbols mandatory; ban on non-compliant products The Centre has introduced mandatory labelling rules for insecticides, requiring QR codes, safety ...
Hong Kong internet sensations “Mr and Mrs Ho” have once again captured media attention after the husband was arrested for spraying insecticide at pedestrians during an altercation in Tuen Mun ...
Breaking Down EPA’s New Action Plan for Insecticides The regulations are a response by EPA to enforce the Endangered Species Act at the agency level rather than through litigation and the court ...
The EPA released its final “insecticide strategy” on April 29, one day before a court-set deadline to come up with a plan to keep insecticides from drifting or running off fields and harming ...
Life 'Bone collector' caterpillar wears dead insect body parts as disguise A carnivorous caterpillar species camouflages itself with dead insects so it can live safely alongside spiders, stalking ...
Sugar beet growers have a brand-new mode of action insecticide available this spring for managing aphids carrying virus yellows. This brings the number of different mode of action to three, in a ...
One of the nation's biggest insect zoos is coming to a bittersweet end. After 30 years of "spreading bug love," Iowa State University's Insect Zoo is coming to an end. The university's College of ...
Imidacloprid shows adverse impacts on soil communities, particularly in nematodes, that highlights effects on beneficial nontarget organisms.
A new study found that specific insecticides, called neonicotinoids, were found at high concentrations in some ground and surface water sources that could affect drinking water.
NH ENVIRONMENT Towns are spraying insecticides to address EEE. What’s the environmental cost? Scientists who study bifenthrin, the pesticide many N.H. towns have turned to, say it’s highly ...