insecticide

A 2024 report by Kenyan food safety initiative Route to Food found a farmer in Kimana area using an insecticide that had an "active ingredient" that was "a chemical compound of cyanide".

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

Infected wounds are cleaned and debrided to remove any screwworm larvae, after which the animal is treated with an approved insecticide, DeNotta said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026

A 2025 patent application from UCR describes the use of pinenes to improve localized insecticide injections against western drywood termites.

From Science Daily ● May 9, 2026

Unable to afford insecticide, Cuba has been plagued by mosquito-born diseases, overwhelming medical facilities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026

“She thinks someone sprayed insecticide in her apartment, Nia. She gets paranoid.”

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini

In 2001, Fairfax lawmakers enacted a ban on all herbicides, insecticides and rodenticides on public land.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

Proponents say French sugar beet, apple and hazelnut farmers need the insecticides -- forbidden in France since 2018 and 2019 respectively -- to help them compete with their European counterparts.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

Both insecticides have been banned for outdoor agricultural use in the UK, but remain widely used in products for pets.

From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026

The chemicals shown to damage gut bacteria include pesticides such as herbicides and insecticides commonly applied to crops.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 5, 2026

Efforts were made to control it but they were largely fruitless until, in the late 1940’s, the chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticides offered new weapons.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson