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New insecticide developed for cattle ear tags
2015-10-24 14:20:22| Beef
As face flies and horn flies continue to develop more and more resistance to the insecticides commonly used in ear tags, beef producers may be tempted to see if they can braid a flyswatter onto the read more
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ScienceCourt strikes down EPA-approved insecticide citing rapid bee...
2015-09-14 19:10:34| Chemicals - Topix.net
The US Environmental Protections Agency's decision to approve the use of the insecticide sulfoxaflor has been overturned by a San Francisco-based federal appeals court, which ruled that the substance could be toxic to an already struggling bee population. , a three-judge panel at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the EPA's decision to improve sulfoxaflor two years ago "was based on flawed and limited data," was "not supported by substantial evidence," and could hasten an already "alarming" decline in the number of honey bees in the US.
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EPA proposes to cancel some uses of propoxur insecticide.
2015-07-06 14:31:08| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
After preliminary human health assessment found risks from certain applications, EPA is proposing to cancel all indoor aerosol, spray, and liquid formulations of propoxur inside hospitals and other commercial or institutional facilities where children may be present and all use in food-handling establishments. After these cancellations, there would be no remaining food uses, and no tolerance levels for propoxur. Action was conducted as part of agency’s registration review program.
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BASF and University of Göttingen scientists find new specific insecticide target protein
2015-05-13 06:00:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Research Triangle Park, USA and Göttingen, Germany - Scientists from BASF Crop Protection and the University of Göttingen in Germany have found a new insecticide target protein. The discovery marks the first identification of vanilloid receptors, the TRPV ion channels (transient receptor potential vanilloid), as insecticide targets. The results, published in the scientific journal Neuron on May 6, 2015, could help to better manage insecticide resistance and have implications for research and insecticide usage. read more
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Insecticide or Pepper Spray Sickens Recycling Center Employees in Vermont
2015-04-28 22:44:00| Waste Age
<a href="http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/">Burlington Free Press</a> A 12-ounce can of hornet killer or an eight-ounce container of pepper spray have been identified as the possible substances that sickened employees of Casella Waste Systems late Tuesday morning at a recycling facility in Williston, Vt. read more
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