BMC switches to malathion for fogging as mosquitoes now resistant to deltamethrin
BHUBANESWAR: As mosquitoes in the state capital have become resistant to deltamethrin, the chemical generally used for fogging activities in the city, it has now been replaced with a new ...
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Lawsuit Filed Over Government Failure to Protect Endangered Species From Toxic Pesticide Malathion
Malathion is a neurotoxin and part of a dangerous class of old pesticides called organophosphates that have also been used as nerve agents in chemical warfare. In 2022 the Service finalized its ...
3.5 lakh kg of bleaching powder, 1 crore litre of cleaning solution: How massive sanitation drive is keeping Maha Kumbh Mela clean
Private and government agencies have used over 1 crore litres of cleaning solutions for sanitation in the Mela region, ...
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Reverses Course, Asserts That Neurotoxic Pesticide Malathion Will Not Put a Single Protected Species At Risk of Extinction
WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that the widely used insecticide malathion does not pose an extinction risk to a single protected animal or plant and refused to ...
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Why are helicopters spraying in Manatee? Mosquito disease reported, officials say
A helicopter flew over about 10,000 acres in west and northwest Bradenton and sprayed malathion, a common pesticide. The area stretches from Manatee River to Cortez and from Palma Sola to downtown ...