insecticide
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They then treated the property with a high-potency insecticide.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
A 2024 report by Kenyan food safety initiative Route to Food found a farmer in Kimana area using an insecticide that had an "active ingredient" that was "a chemical compound of cyanide".
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
A 2025 patent application from UCR describes the use of pinenes to improve localized insecticide injections against western drywood termites.
From Science Daily ● May 9, 2026
This summer, I will be companion planting basil, dill and marigolds with my tomatoes and an occasional spritz of a natural insecticide.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
This was but the prelude to more, for each rain washed more of the insecticide into the river, killing more fish.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Proponents say French sugar beet, apple and hazelnut farmers need the insecticides -- forbidden in France since 2018 and 2019 respectively -- to help them compete with their European counterparts.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Texas ranchers are using drones, increasing inspections and stepping up use of insecticides to monitor and combat the parasitic fly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for several insecticides known to be effective against screwworm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
Both insecticides have been banned for outdoor agricultural use in the UK, but remain widely used in products for pets.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026
The other group consists of the organic phosphorus insecticides, and is represented by the reasonably familiar malathion and parathion.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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