insecticide
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They then treated the property with a high-potency insecticide.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 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
The application also suggests that pinene could allow wider spacing between drill holes and may reduce the time, labor, and amount of insecticide needed for treatment.
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
Consider the farmer who sprays his fields with insecticide to kill the bugs that are damaging his crops.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
"By applying the insecticides, that's when they started falling out of conduit pipes, literally coming out of plug sockets, out of the toasters, out of the back of microwave ovens," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 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
To treat a screwworm infection, DeNotta said, people undergo the same combination of wound debridement and insecticides used in animals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
But syrup producers do not plant, irrigate, fertilize or use insecticides on their self-sufficient forests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025
Recognizing that they had a strong ally in nature, they devised a program that makes maximum use of natural controls and minimum use of insecticides.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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