Sentences with phrase «insecticides known»

Clothianidin and imidacloprid are two of a relatively new class of insecticides known as neonicotinoids that impact the central nervous system of insects.

Permethrin belongs to the class of insecticides known as pyrethroids and as such its mechanism of action is similar to all members of the group.

April 22, 2015 • Two new studies published in the journal Nature point to a connection between a class of insecticides known as neonicotinoids and a decline in bee health.

Recent research in Europe and the USA has demonstrated that insecticides known as neonicotinoids have a substantial impact on honey bee health.

Controversial insecticides known as neonicotinoids pose a danger to wild bees and managed honey bees, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in Parma, Italy, said in a report released today.

What makes Activyl effective is an insecticide known as indoxacarb.

Not exact matches

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.

The researchers submersed the mats in a well - known insecticide and found that the mats degraded an amount of insecticide weighing approximately one - tenth of the total fiber mat in just a few minutes.

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.

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

Insecticide resistance is going to matter at a certain point, he says — «What we don't know is whether we are just approaching that point, whether it is 1 year away, or five or 10.»

Palmer - Young notes, «Although this finding does not match the result of the initial set of experiments published in Proceedings B, anabasine is chemically and pharmacologically similar to nicotine, a well - known insecticide.

Professor Martin Donnelly, a corresponding author from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Honorary Faculty at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, said: «We know that mosquito populations are rapidly evolving resistance to insecticides, which is a serious threat to the future of malaria control in Africa.

This means that scientists know more than 500 pests all over the world currently able to resist a total of 300 different insecticides.

«We know that giving insecticide - treated bed nets to a household will protect young children, reducing their susceptibility by 50 percent and their overall chances of dying by 16 to 17 percent.

However, when the scientists accounted for other factors known to influence concentrations — such as a mother» s age and how much fish she ate — the association was significant for only two chemicals: a byproduct of the insecticide lindane called beta - HCH and a DDT metabolite.

They planted plots of an iceberg lettuce variety known as Kelvin, and applied several insecticides in various concentrations.

Numerous insecticides are known to kill adult and immature Aedes mosquitoes, but exposing the mosquitoes to the insecticides can be challenging, since the insects tend to rest in hidden, indoor areas.

Florida has been spraying insecticides daily, but mosquito control experts are still seeing new larval mosquitoes and «moderately high» counts of Aedes aegypti, a species known to carry Zika.

The researchers, however, do not know whether the women were exposed to the insecticides.

«Everyone knew DDT was an extremely effective insecticide, but I was surprised by how long - lasting its effects were.

Similarly, evolutionary biologists have known since Charles Darwin that natural selection eliminates inherited traits that reduce organisms» fitness, such as mosquitoes» susceptibility to the insecticide DDT.

We're seeing the chemicals that are used for cleaning in the house or you know, the insecticides, right?

These insecticides are known to affect the nervous system.

even fixes the odor between toes, behind ears and at sides of nose as it is a natural insecticide...... it's got to keep those baby beer larva safe ya know...

Kahn rips a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency report that lists a representative sample of 175 academic institutions that regularly violate the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Emergency Planning and Community Right - to - Know Act, the Resource Conservation Recovery Act, the Toxic Substance Control Act, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, to name just a few.

But some pet owners feel more comfortable knowing that topical insecticides are not on the skin and hair of the pets they snuggle up to and that no product residues are being spread around their home environment.

Many cat owners already know that insecticides and antifreeze are not things their cats should consume.

The primary active ingredients are clove and peppermint essential oils which have long been known as effective insecticides, despite being plant based.

We all know about the dangers of using insecticides, including flea control products.

Use with caution in Boxers and Sighthounds (greyhounds, whippets, wolfhounds, etc.) are sensitive Use with caution in pets with history of liver disease or blood abnormalities Those in shock, or animals with tetanus or suffering strychnine poisoning Pets exposed to organophosphate insecticides, including flea collars, within a month of using acepromazine Pets currently using other depressants Pets with high blood pressure or other circulation problems Pets with seizure disorders Geriatrics or those in a weakened state Pregnant or nursing animals Pets known to have had an allergic reaction to acepromazine or other phenothiazines Directions:

If hives are caused by soap or insecticide, give your dog a bath using products you know are safe.

The cause of TCC is not known, however, exposure to insecticide dips (to kill fleas and ticks) and sprays to control mosquitoes (in marshy, wetland areas) may increase the risk.

According to Dr. Lorraine Kassarjian, a South Florida veterinarian who knows all too well about year - round flea and tick infestations in her clients, «The tick or flea must have contact with the product to get the insecticide into it, that's the only way it will die.

Before you choose a product to get rid of fleas on your cat or in your home, you should know the type of insecticide being used in the product and its possible side effects on your cat or kitten's health.

We know that is a class of insecticides that fleas are commonly resistant to, so one of the reasons over-the-counter formulations don't work very well is that fleas are resistant to them.

«We react horribly to the idea of releasing these males that are being modified so that they're sterile but we have no problem applying some horrible insecticides to our lawns and our back yards and all these things, to which we know the secondary effects,» she said.

Neonicotinoid pesticides, also known as neonics, are the most widely used insecticides in the world.

Just the other week I reported that new research was linking bee deaths to seed insecticide exposure, and specifically the class of pesticides known as neonicotinoids.

Within the Policy Brief, Lehr writes that the ten years following the establishment of the EPA in 1971 he «helped write a significant number of legislative bills that were to make up a true safety net for our environment,» including, «Water Pollution Control Act (later renamed the Clean Water Act), Safe Drinking Water Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (which, surprisingly, covered deep mines as well), Clean Air Act, Federal Insecticide, Rodenticide, and Fungicide Act, and Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (which we now know as Superfund).»

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