fungicide

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The cost for treating oak wilt, or any tree disease that requires a fungicide injection, depends on the tree’s diameter at breast height, or DBH.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

In the study, published in the journal Environmental Epigenetics, an initial generation of pregnant rats was exposed to a common fungicide, then their progeny to jet fuel and the following generation to DDT.

From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2024

So far early results have revealed that women with evidence of fungicide exposure during pregnancy had infants with more respiratory infections and impaired neurodevelopment at age one.

From Scientific American • Sep. 22, 2023

This knowledge could let growers respond quickly with fungicide or stopping irrigation to slow or prevent a severe outbreak.

From Salon • May 31, 2023

Then about 1956 there was a change to dual-purpose treatment; in addition to a fungicide, dieldrin, aldrin, or heptachlor was added to combat soil insects.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson