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Insecticides may help growers hoping to protect their crops from harmful insects, but they also may contribute to a larger amount of some weeds, according to a new study. Insecticides may help growers ...

A study shows brief exposure to a pyrethroid insecticide impairs bumblebees’ navigation, reducing return rates to nests, and ...

Neonicotinoids -- the most widely used class of insecticides -- significantly reduce populations of predatory insects when used as seed coatings, according to researchers. The team's research ...

Reducing GST on household insecticides to 5% can improve affordability, widen rural access, and help curb mosquito-borne ...

As if cockroaches weren't already hard enough to get rid of, a new study from Purdue University suggests the German cockroach – the most common in the world – is quickly evolving to resist ...

Other representations also to lower GST on air purifiers and filter from 18% to nil or 5% ...

A study by Penn State researchers found that preventative insecticide use can increase weed populations, particularly marestail, by limiting insect activity that typically controls weeds. However, ...

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