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Insecticides have been used for centuries to counteract widespread pest damage to valuable food crops.

From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2024

Insecticides and other treatments are available at garden supply stores; neem oil, a natural pesticide derived from neem trees, is popular and versatile.

From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2021

Insecticides & weed killers are now the norm in every household and are used in very large quantities on farms.

From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2018

Insecticides and pesticides may also have endocrine-disrupting chemicals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 20, 2016

Insecticides gave good control of flies in 1950 and during this same year the infant mortality rate was reduced by nearly 50 per cent.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson