insecticide
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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
Unable to afford insecticide, Cuba has been plagued by mosquito-born diseases, overwhelming medical facilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
Durnell, and the issue of whether a federal insecticide rule preempts state law.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 2, 2025
It was caused not by an insecticide but by a substance belonging chemically to the same group as the organic phosphate insecticides.
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
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
This is because chemicals are designed to target specific organisms or processes, for example insecticides should target insects.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 5, 2026
The long duration of its residues and the effective insecticidal action make dieldrin one of the most used insecticides today, despite the appalling destruction of wildlife that has followed its use.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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