Not exact matches
Andrew Batholomaeus, a consultant toxicologist at Australia's University of Canberra and the University of Queensland, states that «the potential human health consequences of discouraging the
use of
pyriproxyfen in drinking water storage and other mosquito - reduction programs is catastrophic with potential deaths and serious disease from otherwise avoidable malaria, dengue and other mosquito - borne diseases numbered in at least the hundreds of thousands.»
Instead of spraying insecticide, they
used a powder form of the larvicide
pyriproxyfen, which sticks to the adults» bodies but doesn't harm them.
Sentry Home Household Flea & Tick Spray contains
pyriproxyfen and permethrin for a dual action product
used to kill fleas, flea eggs, flea larvae, and ticks.
Pyriproxyfen (Nylar) and (s)- methoprene (Precor) are the two most common IGRs
used in flea control products.
Eggs and pupae are quite resistant against insecticides, so other products such as as
pyriproxyfen or methoprene are
used to target these stages.