Posts Tagged: pesticide

The Dangers of Homemade Pest Control Remedies

Instructions for making homemade mixtures to control pests are easy to find online and in social media, and it's tempting to make your own home remedy when pests invade. Doing so may seem like a natural, organic, and non-chemical solution, but did you...

How to Use Pesticides Safely

February is a month where we celebrate and acknowledge many things: Black History Month, Valentine's Day, Groundhog Day, President's Day, and others. But did you know February is also National Pesticide Safety Education Month? While pesticide safety is...

Stop Illegal Pesticide Sales Online

EPA orders Amazon to halt illegal pesticides sales  News Releases from US EPA Region 10 - February 9, 2021   The Seattle office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it has issued a...

Bug Bombs—Dangerous and Not Always Effective

Insecticide foggers, also known as total release foggers or “bug bombs” (Figure 1), are popular products widely available in many retail nurseries and garden centers as well as drug stores, supermarkets, and convenience stores. These...

California Places Further Restrictions on Rodenticides

In September 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 1788, which prohibits almost all uses of second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs) statewide. Rodenticide products containing brodifacoum, bromadiolone, difenacoum, or...

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