Opinion National NSW Column 8 This was published 1 year ago Insecticide cops a spray February 21, 2024 — 9.00pm Normal text size Larger text size Very large text size View all comments ...

Cockroaches are developing a resistance to insecticides used in exterminators' bug spray and may soon be "almost impossible" to control with chemicals alone, scientists warn.

A popular natural insecticide is being forced to change its labels after a woman's dog got so sick it could barely move because of the spray.

The insecticide spray is most effective once 75% to 100% of the insects are hatched. Contact spraying will commence in other areas of Pennsylvania once hatching progresses.

OVIEDO, Fla. — After officials announced airplanes would fly over Seminole County on Tuesday night and release mosquito insecticide, many people raised alarm over what the spray could mean for ...

Although the insecticide used is approved by the Environmental Protection Agency, the City advises residents in the area to avoid contact with the spray by staying indoors during this time.

As the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors considers recommendations for combating Lyme disease in the county, local wildlife conservationists are urging officials not to spray insecticides in ...

It wasn't until William Sullivan and Lyle Goodhue, researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, developed a working aerosol dispenser using chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) gas that aerosol cans ...

Bugs ‘R’ Done (bugsrdone.com) is a nontoxic, biodegradable spray insecticide made of botanically derived orange-peel oil. It kills and repels all of the above, plus mosquitoes, yet is safe ...

Don't like pesticides being sprayed on your fruit? Some farmers are now turning to a greener alternative — insect sex chemicals called pheromones.