Sentences with phrase «as insecticide»

Emerald green was used as an insecticide, and you often see it on older wood that would be put into the ground, like railroad ties.»

This particular flea shampoo from Sentry contains Permethrin and Piperonyl, both of which act together and function as medication as well as insecticide in effectively eliminating lice heads, fleas and ticks, but also their nits or eggs.

We hope this situation is only temporary but, at this point, the product has been classified as an insecticide and will require a year - long, or longer, approval process without any guarantee it will be successful.

Some drugs that have that ability are beta blockers like Atenolol (Tenormin) and propranolol (Inderal), calcium channel blockers like diltiazem (Cardizem), digoxin (Lanoxin, Cardoxin), pimobendan (Vetmedin), various narcotics as well as insecticide poisoning (organophosphate type)

This medicine acts as an insecticide; usually taking the form of a neurotoxin that causes paralysis and death to the critter.

The apple cider vinegar can be used as a preventative and deterrent rather than as an insecticide.

Common causes include ingestion of a foreign object that gets stuck in the intestines (sticks, bones), a food allergy or intolerance related to a change in diet (also often accompanied by skin itch), and the ingestion of toxins such as an insecticide.

It is often used as an insecticide because it absorbs lipids from insects and kills them through dehydration.

Another preservative, phenoxyethanol, was originally used as an insecticide and an insect repellant, and it can be toxic at low concentrations to invertebrates from shrimp to sea urchins.

According to a 2014 study, erythritol functions as an insecticide, toxic to the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, impairing motor ability and reducing longevity even when nutritive sugars are available.

It can be used as an insecticide, a lubricant, a fuel and in soap, synthetic rubber and ink.

Exposure to linalool, a terpene found in flowers and spice plants, decreased inflammatory damage in the lungs of smoke - exposed mice.12 Linalool is found in lavender and basil, and in keeping with terpenes ability to defend against plant prey, is used by exterminators as an insecticide.

Whitfeld explains, «Sofia encountered particular problems with the analysis of mercury concentrations because of the historical use of mercuric chloride as an insecticide in herbarium collections.

• 23 % DDT (organochlorine) First used as an insecticide in 1939.

Public health measures in Africa such as insecticide - treated bed nets and insecticide - spraying have helped reduce the numbers of malaria cases since 2000, but many mosquitoes have evolved resistance to insecticides.

The efficacy of the dsRNAs as an insecticide was tested at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena.

This study's finding — based on analysis of data from 1995 to 2014 — that the decline in under - five death was also accompanied by increases in PMI - funded malaria prevention technologies, such as insecticide treated nets and indoor residual spraying that are known to be effective malaria interventions, provides compelling and important new evidence of the likely effects of PMI funding.

A second consequence of the features of the food cycle is that when toxins such as the insecticide DDT get absorbed by plants, they get concentrated at each successive food level.

As insecticides are highly important in controlling the spread of plague, researchers from the Institut Pasteur de Madagascar carried out a bioassay to determine the response of the flea vector to different types of insecticides.

They recommend that in addition to the conventional methods used such as insecticides, increased inspections of agricultural products as well as quarantines of products infested with the little fire ant could be useful ways to control this intrusive species.

In biology, borates have low toxicity in mammals (similar to table salt), but are more toxic to arthropods and are used as insecticides.

The resulting sucralose molecule contains 3 chlorocarbon atoms, which act as insecticides because of the toxic effect of chlorine.

People and other mammals should never use the coarse, crystalline form of diatomaceous earth sold for use in swimming pool filters or as insecticides, or sources of diatomaceous earth contaminated with toxins like arsenic and the metal toxins.

Importantly, this ruling is not related to borax in foods or supplements where it is already banned, but only for general use as in laundry or cleaning products or as insecticides.

- Outdoor poisons such as insecticides, herbicides and chemical fertilizers also are dangerous to pets.

Pyrethrins are natural extracts from Chrysanthemum (mums) flowers used as insecticides in flea and tick products.

Essential oils are utilized in a variety of ways: as insecticides, in aromatherapies, personal care products (e.g.,... continue reading

Breed - Related Health Concerns Allergies to certain drugs such as insecticides and flea treatments; seizures; axonal dystrophy (disease of the nerves and muscles)

However, when looking at farmland, pastureland and woodland, it is clear that farming and pasture practices can have a harmful effect on our eight - legged friends through change in plant life as well as insecticides.

If a property that was used as a farm and had «drugs» such as insecticides, etc... housed in properties be classified as a property to be included.

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Chemical pest control products, such as pesticides, insecticides, rodenticides and fumigates, will need to be put in place to wipe out larger pest problems.

Use an aerosol insecticide for flying insects but be sure to put away any exposed food, such as fruits.

Most conventional skin, personal and hair products on the market today contain ingredients such as: TEAs, DEAs, glycols, silicones, sulphates, parabens, synthetic colours, oils and flavourings, formaldehyde (or derivatives), insecticides, pesticides and ethoxylates, just to name a few.

However, unlike conventional agricultural practices which use large amounts of arsenic - based herbicide, insecticide and feed formulations — organic agriculture strictly prohibits their use — as well as a wide range of toxic pesticides with documented negative health and environmental effects that end up on and in our food supply on a daily basis.

Without going into medical specifics, some pesticides and insecticides, artificial preservatives such as monosodium 1 food and drink • fall 2009 • www.fooddrink-magazine.com 2 http://www.fooddrink-magazine.com Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Food and Drink - Fall 2009 Food and Drink - Fall 2009 Contents News Product Showcase The Leadership Cookbook The Safe Zone Mohegan Sun Casino 54th Street Grill and Bar Rose Acre Farms Burkhardt Sales and Service Mission Produce Inc..

The EPA considers 60 % of all herbicides, 90 % of all fungicides, and 30 % of all insecticides as potentially cancer - causing.

If you are nursing, stay away from insecticides (especially in airborne forms such as aerosols or coils).

Before you use a conventional lice - treatment shampoo for yourself or your children, consider this: Many lice - treatment shampoos contain ingredients that have been banned as agricultural insecticides and are extremely toxic.

For instance, the insecticide lindane, once used to protect crops such as barley, wheat, and corn from pests, is no longer used by farms in Canada, and has been banned in over 50 countries around the world.

A strategic stock of insecticide and other logistics will be built to ensure ready availability of chemicals during outbreaks as well as intensification of monitoring and surveillance.

The PSMP aims to accelerate private sector workplace investments in malaria prevention as it will support employers by facilitating cost - effective Insecticide Treated Net (ITN) distribution plans while providing workplace malaria education sessions for company staff and community members.

Modeled after similar legislation from Maryland, the Honey Bee Protection Act would prohibit the consumer use of insecticides that have been linked to the decline in honeybee populations as well as other pollinating insects.

Mr. Sidney Agoyomah Abilba, the Upper East Regional Focal Person for Malaria has called on the media to disseminate information on the need to use Long Lasting Insecticide Net (LLIN) as part of measures to reduce the prevalence of malaria in the Region.

In theory, spraying two different types of insecticide at once postpones resistance, as bugs that resist one type are killed by the other.

He is focusing on a class of insecticides called neonicotinoids, and in particular imidacloprid, which is used to coat sunflower seeds and then suffuses the plants» tissues as they grow.

A study found that as many as 80 percent of the bugs are immune to insecticides in over-the-counter shampoos, and resistance will only increase.

Two new mosquito killers could be on the market as soon as 2017: SumiShield, developed by Japanese company Sumitomo Chemical, and chlorfenapyr, an insecticide mostly used to control cat fleas, developed by BASF.

This could be achieved using slow - killing insecticides, which should still stop malaria transmission as mosquitoes can't pass on the...

The world still relies on the same class of insecticides, known as pyrethroids, as it did in 1977.

It has a different mode of action from other insecticides, meaning that it could also be effective against mosquitos that rest and feed outdoors, as well as mosquitoes that are resistant to the standard insecticides used on bed nets and indoor spraying.»