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Recent Examples of acaricideRepellent can also help, as can treating your yard with acaricides — a type of pesticide focused on ticks and mites.—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 6 Oct. 2023 Large-scale habitat control or acaricide (tick-killing) treatment of wildlife, though possible, can be difficult or not cost-effective for homeowners.—Joyce Sakamoto, Washington Post, 18 June 2018
Now, time-sensitive measures like spraying homes with insecticide, which is usually slated to begin before the rainy seasons, have been knocked off course.
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Kimmy Yam,
NBC News,
8 Feb. 2025
In the meantime, Middleton recommends that insecticides — typically neonicotinoids such as imidacloprid or dinotefuran — be applied to susceptible palm trees every three to four months.
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Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Feb. 2025
But for consumers who do choose to partake, there's another layer of concern: Traces of other harmful substances like pesticides, molds and heavy metals might be lurking in a tasty-looking edible or nicely packaged vape.
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Brian Mann,
NPR,
3 Feb. 2025
The lab also offers tips for helping birds, like putting markers on windows to avoid bird strikes, keeping cats indoors, avoiding pesticides and providing more natural habitat.
Environmental exposures: Exposure to toxic chemicals like herbicides (weed killers) or microplastics increases the risk of developing multiple myeloma.
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Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
14 Feb. 2025
One final note: In some lawns, annual bluegrass can become resistant to herbicides when the same herbicide has been used repeatedly over the years, says Waltz.
Chemical components of pesticides were found in four of the products — inhaling certain pesticides through marijuana smoking poses a risk of harmful toxicants entering the lungs and bloodstream.
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Ben Markus - Colorado Public Radio,
NPR,
4 Feb. 2025
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.
In addition to enzymes, Burr promoted agricultural innovations in the fields of robotics, sensors and biopesticides.
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Jan Goldsmith,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Sep. 2023
According to Daniel, charcoal acts as a natural biopesticide, keeping bugs and bacteria away from the plants and allows better airflow between the roots.
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