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Recent Examples of insecticide
Protecting species:Botanical gardens emerge as a model of biodiversity for Arizona's butterfly populations
Critical habitat would be established in California
Biologists believe habitat destruction, insecticides, and the effects of climate change are responsible for the butterfly’s decline.
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Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 12 Dec. 2024
Beyond lackluster performances and the persistence of pests, the insecticides harmed other wildlife.
—Salama Udaipurwala, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2024
City, state, and federal governments play a major role in helping insects, such as by passing legislation to limit habitat loss or certain insecticide chemicals.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 18 Sep. 2024
But there are also steps that local health departments can take to safeguard public health, like testing pools of water for mosquito larvae and conducting public awareness and insecticide spraying campaigns when triple E is detected.
—Zoya Teirstein, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2024
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Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 12 Dec. 2024
Beyond lackluster performances and the persistence of pests, the insecticides harmed other wildlife.
—Salama Udaipurwala, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2024
City, state, and federal governments play a major role in helping insects, such as by passing legislation to limit habitat loss or certain insecticide chemicals.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 18 Sep. 2024
But there are also steps that local health departments can take to safeguard public health, like testing pools of water for mosquito larvae and conducting public awareness and insecticide spraying campaigns when triple E is detected.
—Zoya Teirstein, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insecticide
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Investigators found two plots cleared of native vegetation with about 10,000 marijuana plants, hazardous pesticides, and an irrigation system diverting 33,780 gallons of water daily amid severe drought conditions, a press release issued on Thursday noted.Bay City News Service, The Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2024
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But some farms list the chemical in their monthly pesticide use reports to the state without any apparent consequence, Paige reports.Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
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Krueger’s Christmas Tree Farm in Lake Elmo, Minnesota, for example, doesn’t use pesticides and minimally uses herbicides, according to John Krueger, third generation owner.Eve Glover, Fox News, 17 Dec. 2024
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As an official Bee City, Calgary has banned the spraying of pesticides and herbicides.Sofia Perez, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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Sometimes brown or large patch, a disease, affects St. Augustine lawns and a fungicide could be applied if this has been a problem in the past.Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Dec. 2024
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The university said at the time that researchers were controlling the disease with fungicide.Kunle Falayi, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 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 31 Dec. 2024.
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