Sentences with phrase «insecticides fipronil»

Stone said the increased use in cities of the insecticides fipronil and dichlorvos was the main reason more urban streams were showing pesticide levels topping EPA benchmarks.

Millions of eggs have been recalled in Germany and the Netherlands and are blocked from sale in Belgium after release of a notification of the insecticide fipronil (between 0.0031 and 1.2 mg / kg - ppm) in eggs on the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) of the European Commission.

Aldi has taken further precautionary measures to prevent the sale of eggs tainted by the insecticide fipronil.

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Like pyrethroids, fipronil is far less toxic to birds and mammals than other insecticides, but can still kill small aquatic life.

Also, an insecticide called fipronil has partially replaced pyrethroids for controlling termite and ant infestations in some areas.

«Our experiments with fipronil and bifenthrin sprays indicate that the overall kill of these insecticides on Argentine ant colonies is substantially improved — by 57 to 142 percent — by incorporating (Z)-9-hexadecenal in the sprays,» said Dong - Hwan Choe, an assistant professor of entomology and the research project leader, whose lab focuses on urban entomology, insect behavior and chemical ecology.

These insecticides are widely used in agriculture, and the authors conclude that fipronil and imidacloprid are inhibitors of mitochondrial bioenergetics, resulting in depleted cell energy.

A recent Humane Society report suggests a few alternatives; «You might want to consider several topical products (available through veterinarians) that are insecticides designed to have fewer toxic effects on the nervous systems of mammals: imidacloprid (found in Advantage ®), fipronil (in Frontline ®), and selamectin (in Revolution ™)».

The active ingredient of Frontline Spray is fipronil, a broad - spectrum insecticide that disrupts the insects central nervous system.

The chemical fipronil is an insecticide that disrupts the nervous system of fleas and common ticks.

Frontline Plus contains fipronil, a broad - spectrum insecticide and slow - acting poison that disrupts the central nervous system of fleas and ticks and S - Methoprene, an insect growth regulator that kills flea eggs and larvae.

Flea5X Plus contains fipronil, a slow - acting, broad - spectrum insecticide that disrupts the central nervous system of fleas and ticks.