The choices … put in front of farmers are not real choices,” an environmental advocate said. “It’s essential that we take ...

A Pennsylvania lawmaker is proposing banning a commonly used insecticide for field crops in the state. The bill, proposed by ...

Heating an insecticide can give it new life. Microwaving the insecticide deltamethrin rearranges its crystal structure but doesn’t change its chemical composition. The rearrangement renews ...

Boxadon 360 SC insecticide is the first stand-alone post-patent formulation of the active ingredient spirotetramat.

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed registering a new type of insecticide to control Varroa mites, a parasite that has plagued honey bees for decades. Massachusetts-based GreenLight ...

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Erythritol, the main component of the sweetener Truvia, has a new, unexpected application -- it may be used as an insecticide. And a sixth grader can take part of the credit for this unusual discovery ...