CBS Local It also restricts the state from using the insecticides methoprene and resmethrin in controlling mosquitos, and it requires DEEP to take certain steps to prevent West Nile virus. Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. Bill Changes Dam Inspection And ... and more »
Stamford Plus Magazine In 2011 the DEEP discovered small amounts of the pesticides methoprene and resmethrin in the tissue of lobsters taken from the catch of a lobsterman in the middle of the Sound, south of Norwalk. Methoprene is a larvicide introduced into still water to ... and more »
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 ...
Middletown Press The legislation requires the DEEP commissioner to consider the potential impact on tidal wetlands when deciding whether to issue a permit for dam construction. It also restricts the state from using the insecticides methoprene and resmethrin in ... and more »
TheDay.com After a massive insecticide application in 1998, a lobster die-off began the next year, proponents of the bill said. However, Ted Andreadis, the entomologist in charge of the mosquito-testing program at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station ...
Patch.com Following a massive insecticide application in 1998, the catastrophic lobster die-off began in 1999 and has devastated the Connecticut industry. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is currently studying the potential long-term ...
TheDay.com Andreadis agreed, explaining the briquettes contain bacillus thuringiensis israelensis, a biological control that "is highly toxic to mosquito larvae, but has no environmental impact." Andreadis said he has also researched the supposed link between the ...
River Journal Staff At the request of the Board of Legislators' pesticide management committee, the health department will sample the water from outfall points along the Hudson River and the Long Island Sound, checking for the presence of methoprene , the active ingredient ... and more »
Niagara Region Again this year, low impact larvicides ( methoprene and Bti) will be applied to areas on public property where mosquitoes are breeding beginning in mid-May and monthly through the summer season. These include catch basins and other standing water sites ... and more »
Middletown Press If the Senate passes its version of the bill, the state would curtail the use of larvicides methoprene and resmethrin in storm drains along the Connecticut coast except where cases of West Nile Virus or Eastern Equine Encephalitis has been found ...
