The insecticide was approved for use on golf courses, lawns and a host of food crops, including apples, oranges, lettuce, ...

The Board of Pesticide Control approved products that contain ingredients Maine will ban in 2032, arguing federal regulators ...

Purdue researchers have identified a new class of chemical insecticides that could provide a safer, more selective means of controlling mosquitoes that transmit key infectious diseases such as dengue, ...

The groups claim the EPA’s approval of isocycloseram — a chemical compound included in a group of long-lasting PFAS, or per- ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY, MO (KFVS) - Federal judges have ordered the EPA to ban a dangerous, popular insecticide, but farmers in Southeast Missouri who use the chemical are coming to it's defense. The ...

(Beyond Pesticides, August 2, 2023) A study published in Pest Management Science finds resistance to insecticides like pyrethroids are challenging attempts to control the mosquito Aedes aegypti (Ae.

Despite the broad notoriety of sharks, snakes, scorpions and other formidable creatures, mosquitoes remain the deadliest animal on the planet… by far. Mosquito-transmitted malaria remains the number ...

Swat. Spray. Repeat. This is the dance humans and mosquitoes have been doing for decades, ever since the rise of chemical insecticides following World War II. The pest control industry in the U.S. is ...

(Beyond Pesticides, July 22, 2021) A new study published in the Journal of Medical Entomology finds black-legged ticks (Ixodes scapulari) in New York are developing potential resistance to widely used ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

Colorado farmers plant tens of millions of corn seeds every year, nearly every one of them covered in a thin layer of ...