Archive for April, 2008
Wednesday 30 April 2008 @ 1:04 am
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Fritz's Fleas
Mother Earth News, KS - And chronic fleas—for which he'd wallowed in crop insecticide as a puppy, and for which he was regularly dipped with a chemical pesticide. … |
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Wednesday 30 April 2008 @ 12:04 am
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Fighting the old monster
Malawi’s Daily Times, Malawi - These activities include the distribution and utilisation of insecticide treated net as a preventive measure against malaria especially for pregnant women … |
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Wednesday 30 April 2008 @ 12:04 am
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State to begin spraying for gypsy moths
Standard Speaker, PA - Statewide, more aircraft will spray 222000 acres a biological insecticide. Residential land accounts for about 98000 acres; the rest is made up of state … |
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Tuesday 29 April 2008 @ 11:04 pm
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Program to spray for gypsy moths rejected in county
Republican & Herald, PA - Statewide, aircraft will spray 222000 acres with a biological insecticide. Residential land accounts for about 98000 of those acres; the rest is made up of … |
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Tuesday 29 April 2008 @ 10:04 pm
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There's help if you're feeling lousy
Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - "These few individuals may survive treatment, reproduce and serve to establish a larger population of lice that are less susceptible to that insecticide and … |
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Tuesday 29 April 2008 @ 10:04 pm
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Scottish birds of prey deliberately poisoned, report says
guardian.co.uk, UK - The report added that another legal chemical used as an insecticide, called chlorpyrifos had killed three red kites, but it could not establish whether … |
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Tuesday 29 April 2008 @ 10:04 pm
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Dope without the high
New Scientist (subscription), UK - Instead of turning on the brain's THC receptors, the insecticide gets mice high by blocking their brains from breaking down both 2-AG and andamide. … |
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Friday 25 April 2008 @ 2:04 am
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The Global Pesticide Pushers in Latin America
RedOrbit, TX - The insecticide is banned in the United States and the European Union, as is monocrotophos, also an insecticide, going for $10 and change. … |
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Friday 25 April 2008 @ 1:04 am
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'Join us in choosing hope,' church leaders urge
Worldwide Faith News (press release), NY - Now age 7, Katherine has collected more than $40000 to send insecticide-treated sleeping nets to Africa as part of the Nothing But Nets campaign, … |
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Friday 25 April 2008 @ 1:04 am
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Sustainable fashion: Polyester vs cotton
Fibre2fashion.com, India - Cotton production contributes to an inconceivable amount of global pesticide and insecticide use. Organic cotton is fantastic in that does not use these but … |
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