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Recent Examples of insecticide
The extremely common practice of spraying insecticides only makes the landscape less habitable.
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Benji Jones, Vox, 18 Sep. 2024
They can be controlled with environmentally friendly insecticides containing either BT or Spinosad.
—Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 28 Dec. 2024
An insecticide used to disinfect hospitals and dog kennels was found in the testing of vapes
The insecticide, pymetrozine, is a carcinogen banned in Europe and was once used in Lysol.
—Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
Several affordable insecticide treatments fend off the emerald ash borer and can be sprayed onto trees.
—Tamia Fowlkes, Journal Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2024
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Benji Jones, Vox, 18 Sep. 2024
They can be controlled with environmentally friendly insecticides containing either BT or Spinosad.
—Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 28 Dec. 2024
An insecticide used to disinfect hospitals and dog kennels was found in the testing of vapes
The insecticide, pymetrozine, is a carcinogen banned in Europe and was once used in Lysol.
—Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
Several affordable insecticide treatments fend off the emerald ash borer and can be sprayed onto trees.
—Tamia Fowlkes, Journal Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insecticide
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Among them: pesticides flowing from nearby farms, heavy metals like mercury and arsenic and chemicals like PFAS (a.k.a.Erica Sloan, SELF, 10 Jan. 2025
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Sprayers are used to apply pesticides, growth regulators, and nutrients to ensure a healthy crop.Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 6 Jan. 2025
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Post-emergent herbicides can be used more selectively, but also pose environmental risks, including toxicity to birds, bees, and mammals that consume or contact them.Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 1 Jan. 2025
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Fennimore specializes in vegetables, for which there are few herbicide options, and there are fewer still for organic growers.Michelle Weber, Longreads, 7 Nov. 2024
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To raise healthy plants, conventional horticulture banked on the intensive use of chemicals such as fungicides to ward off all kinds of diseases.Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
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Although the dangers of fungicides are still being studied, they are linked to developmental delays in children and hormonal disruptions in adults.Todd A. Price, The Tennessean, 5 Apr. 2024
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Testing water around Luke Air Force Base started in 2019 after the area’s water supply showed high levels of toxicants.Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 4 June 2024
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One concern is that toxicants in the sharks’ livers can hinder production of vitellogenin, which becomes the yolk needed for egg cells.ByErik Stokstad, science.org, 19 July 2024
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“Insecticide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insecticide. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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