While insecticide-treated bed nets do help protect people from malaria-carrying mosquitos, the chemicals are becoming less effective as the insects develop a resistance to them. It now appears that ...

One Pennsylvania representative is pushing for an insecticide to be banned for use on crops, which would mirror legislation ...

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

Insecticides are chemicals that are used to kill or control insects. They are an important tool in modern agriculture and public health efforts to combat insect-borne diseases. One such insecticide ...

The insecticide chlorpyrifos, sold under the brand names Lorsban, Dursban, and others, has been the subject of regulatory battles for decades. It was first introduced as a pesticide in 1965, and it ...

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

Scientists have developed a molecular sponge that soaks up the pheromones of ants and releases them slowly to attract the pests to an insecticide trap. Scientists at the Universities of Bath and ...