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Recent Examples of insecticide
The carcinogenic insecticide did not show up in a single unregulated product.
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Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Along with turning lights off at night, these additionally include ceasing the use of pesticides, insecticides and weed killers such as Roundup on lawns.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Run in fear, stamp it underfoot, or poison and suffocate it with insecticide?
—Salama Udaipurwala, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2024
The extremely common practice of spraying insecticides only makes the landscape less habitable.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 18 Sep. 2024
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Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Along with turning lights off at night, these additionally include ceasing the use of pesticides, insecticides and weed killers such as Roundup on lawns.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Run in fear, stamp it underfoot, or poison and suffocate it with insecticide?
—Salama Udaipurwala, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2024
The extremely common practice of spraying insecticides only makes the landscape less habitable.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 18 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insecticide
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Using pesticides on a lawn and rototilling flower or vegetable beds could reduce ant populations.—
Miri Talabac,
Baltimore Sun,
23 Jan. 2025
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The overall health risks of organic milk are minimal, especially compared to the potential impact of growth hormones and pesticides used to produce non-organic milk.—
Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, RDN,
Health,
20 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The American Kennel Club advises to thoroughly wash the strawberries to remove any pesticides or herbicides.—
Olivia Munson,
USA TODAY,
11 Jan. 2025
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Healthy soil has microorganisms and fungi that help plants grow and thrive but using herbicides has the opposite effect.—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
27 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Try pruning out the dead back into green stems and then spraying the plants with a systemic fungicide following label instructions.—
Tom MacCubbin,
Orlando Sentinel,
18 Jan. 2025
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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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Nonetheless, the researchers also acknowledged that realizing such goals will be complex, as U.S. regulators typically consider risks associated with individual toxicants, rather than the complex mixtures that exist in wastewater.—
Sharon Udasin,
The Hill,
6 Jan. 2025
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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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“Insecticide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insecticide. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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