Sentences with phrase «not insecticides»

Remember, not all insecticides that can be used on dogs are safe for cats and kittens.

Sucralose is not an insecticide, it is a chemically modified form of ordinary sugar.

In this case, regular shampoo (not an insecticide flea shampoo) may be helpful in removing flea dirt and debris and soothing irritated skin.

It is a hormone - like substance which works against the juvenile stages of the flea; it is not an insecticide and is therefore a safe choice when children are in the home.

The synergist, piperonyl butoxide, isn't an insecticide but enhances the potency of pyrethrins.

Not exact matches

That encouraging stat also means that many, many children still don't sleep under a bed net or in a house treated with insecticide, according to the WHO.

You need to stop saying organic crops don't use pesticides / insecticides.

Everybody talk about goldensyrup; for my case I have heard about it in some frenchblog; It was related in some english - biscuit, I never try (it was not in my supermarket) but in place of this, we have a multitude game of honey; I hope the bee keeping the healthy because the insecticide are everywhere.

So strict certification ensures Bhumi products are made (from harvest to shelf to skin) without the use of any harmful chemicals, allergens, insecticides, pesticides, toxic dyes, bleaches or finishes, does not use genetically modified seeds and uses less water than regular cotton.

DEFINING «ORGANIC» Organic foods are those that are made naturally, without the help of chemicals, pesticides, insecticides, artificial additives — basically, anything you would not find in nature.

«Through this, more than 30 tonnes of pesticides and insecticides have not been used in production since first orders in August 2008,» Natalie says.

do not meet traditional Dirty Dozen ranking criteria [they] were frequently found to be contaminated with insecticides toxic to the human nervous system».

I don't like to use chemical composition.Thanks in advance, Marco BudinisGenova, Italy A: Hello Marco: Unfortunately, aphids are very difficult to control without using chemical insecticides.

They can be controlled, but probably not eliminated, by closing up the greenhouse and fumigating it by spraying a flying insect insecticide.

Tying crops genetically to the insecticides that go with them I agree is horrible practice, but GMO in and of itself is not a boogie monster.

Fortunately, insecticides are not the only option at your disposal if you have bed bugs.

I am planting trees and going to native landscaping on my property, choosing species that won't need fertilizers or insecticides to survive and prosper

do not meet traditional Dirty Dozen ranking criteria [they] were frequently found to be contaminated with insecticides toxic to the human nervous system».

If you use insecticides or weed killers make sure that you don't expose your baby to the grass for at least 24 hours, longer if you can!

And if you haven't read our post on the harmful effects of insecticides and pesticides in the cotton industry, please do read!

General News of Friday, 18 May 2018 Source: classfmonline.com Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto The Ministry of Agricultural (MoFA) has said it has not authorised the sale of an insecticide called ROCKSTAR (BIFENTHRIN 2.5 EC), made in China.

Instead of spraying insecticide, they used a powder form of the larvicide pyriproxyfen, which sticks to the adults» bodies but doesn't harm them.

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

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.»

These pollutants include not only leaked motor oil — which may contain toxic substances like lead, benzene, zinc or magnesium — but also fertilizers, insecticides, plastic debris, cigarette butts, paints, solvents, sediments and other hazardous waste.

Beekeepers and activists are suing the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for not banning neonicotinoid insecticides.

Many blame neonicotinoid insecticides — a new type of insecticide related to nicotine that attacks the nervous system of the insects and is deemed less toxic than organophosphates — although not everyone agrees.

This last does not involve blanket spraying with insecticides, but integrated pest management, possibly using milky spore disease (Bacillus popilliae) or parasitic wasps.

«We can either genetically engineer males to not induce this specific molecule, or we can create a smart insecticide that binds with the molecule and makes it inaccessible to the female,» Harrington said.

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.

«And these levels didn't decrease much three months after treating the infested homes with heat and insecticides.»

I am very pleased that a sound scientific risk approach has been taken by the European Union in its decision not to suspend use of neonicotinoid insecticides, as proposed last year (7 April 2012, p 18).

In her landmark book, she documented a litany of evils observed after DDT and other organochlorine insecticides were sprayed on landscapes, rivers, and lawns: dead birds and paralyzed birds, pigeons dropping from the sky, bird nests without eggs and eggs that did not hatch, dead fish and fish swimming in circles, cancers in humans, and a buildup of DDT in the fat of animals and people.

In September the World Health Organization openly endorsed indoor spraying of DDT, saying it is not only the best weapon against malaria, it is also cheaper and more effective than other insecticides.

Thallium is highly toxic and is used in rat poisons and insecticides but since it might also cause cancer (although the EPA does not class it as carcinogen), this use has been cut back or eliminated in many countries.

«Because control is not absolute, a foliar insecticide application may be necessary to maximize control in some situations.»

First, the two main pest of hops — the twospotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae) and the hop aphid (Phorodon humuli)-- might not require insecticides to be controlled.

Although the RNAi strategy was implemented in plants years ago, it failed as a powerful insecticide because the pests didn't all die, explains Steve Whyard, at the University of Manitoba, in Winnipeg, in an associated commentary (Science 2015, DOI: 10.1126 / science.aaa7722).

Previous research has shown that foraging honey bees that ingested neonicotinoid pesticides, crop insecticides that are commonly used in agriculture, were less likely to return to their home nest, leading to a decrease in foragers.

The bald eagle was nearly extinct in the continental U.S. by the late 20th century, but the population has since stabilized, primarily due to habitat protection and a ban on DDT, an insecticide that weakened the birds» eggs so much that the eagles could not produce viable offspring.

Rees and Brown found that although the insecticides reduced damage to leaves, the plants did not produce more fruit or grow larger.

The experiments have shown that mosquitoes collected locally are resistant to almost all pyrethroid insecticides except one, Deltamethrin, which is not registered for mosquito control in California.

«If Zika breaks out here, we will have to do whatever we can to reduce the number of adult Aedes aegypti mosquitoes right away, and a single insecticide application isn't going to do it.»

In organic rice systems, we are not supposed to use any herbicides, chemical fertilizers, fungicides or insecticides, so that definitely causes a lot of stress for the organic farmers.»

Mather developed a similar «drive through» trap in 1987 called Damminix, which allows mice to disperse cotton balls treated with tick insecticide to their nests.

Several approaches may be needed, such as introducing fly - parasitizing wasps, removing chicks from nests for hand - rearing, raising sterile male flies to mate with females so they can't lay eggs in finch nests, and using insecticides, including placing pesticide - treated cotton balls where birds can collect them to self - fumigate their nests.

Plants genetically modified to produce biodegradable insecticides such as Bt are one way to solve these problems, but this approach does not work for all pests and there is intense opposition to GM crops in many countries.

An insecticide — like chlorpyrifos, which alters how brains develop and leads to measurable changes in behavior and function later in life — will probably not be picked up by the proposed tests.

Scientists have tried to fight the parasite by spraying the insecticide permethrin — also used in flea collars for dogs and in lice shampoos — onto nests.

For ethical reasons, we ensured that all participants were not denied existing malaria prevention (insecticide - treated bed nets) or malaria treatment.