Patch.com The state House of Representatives Thursday passed a bill that would curtail the use of insecticides linked to the catastrophic die-off of lobsters in Long Island Sound. Co-sponsored by Rep. Elissa Wright, D-Groton, the bill would prohibit the use of ...
TheGrower After a 60-day review period, the Washington State Department of Agriculture announced it would not move forward to limit residential use of neonicotinoid insecticides. The decision was prompted by an April 8 petition by the Thurston County Board of ... and more »
Zee News Man consumes insecticide , commits suicide at TRS meeting Karimnagar: A pro-Telangana agitator on Thursday ended his life by consuming insecticide at a Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) meeting in Manthani town of Karimnagar district, police said. As TRS ... and more »
Highlands Today The insecticide would work by interfering with an enzyme found in the nervous systems of mosquitoes and many other organisms, called acetylcholinesterase. Existing insecticides target the enzyme but affect a broad range of species, said entomologist ...
