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insecticide

[in′sek·tə‚sīd]
(materials)
A chemical agent that destroys insects.
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Insecticide is imported from neighboring China and Thailand, and at least two people in have died from exposure to it, Mongnai lawmaker Sai Moon Leng told SHAN.
Farmers Suffering From Effects of Insecticide in Mongnai Township
City Mayor Wasim Akhtar told Dawn that the Karachi Metropolitan CorporAation had kicked off the insecticide spray drive in the city.
Insecticide spray drive kicks off in city
Fact.MR has announced the addition of the "Aerosol Insecticides Market Forecast, Trend Analysis & Competition Tracking - Global Review 2018 to 2027"report to their offering.
Aerosol Insecticides Market Value Chain and Forecast 2018 to 2017
Anti-Corruption Commi-ssion (ACC) has started an investigation if there had been any corruption in procuring the mosquito insecticides by Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC).
ACC to probe DNCC's mosquito insecticide procurement
Researchers from Purdue University conducted three field studies in a span of six months 'to compare three insecticide resistance intervention strategies for [German] cockroaches (Blattella germanica L.) and evaluated resistance evolution across multiple generations.'
Here to stay: Cockroaches developing resistance to insecticides, study shows
Cockroaches are now beginning to develop and adapt themselves to become immune to various kinds of insecticides.
Cockroaches slowly begin to become immune to insecticides
After her children died in the building collapse, Mrs Ibrahim waited till evening of the day before she calmly walked to a small provisions store where she bought the insecticide. While people who had come to sympathise and mourn with her were in the living room, she sneaked into the room and downed the deadly bottle.
Experts Warn Suicidal Lagosians: Sniper Won't Kill You Instantly; First You See Hell For About One Hour
Sublethal effects of a neurotoxic insecticide on the oviposition behavior and the patch-time allocation in two aphid parasitoids, Diaeretiella rapae and Aphidius matricariae.
Effect of Intra-Guild Predation and Sub Lethal Concentrations of Insecticides on the Predation of Coccinellids
Summary: Expired insecticides led to death of camels within seven hours, police say
Police solve case of mysterious deaths of camels at Dubai farm
'Suresweet 2011' planted in plots without insecticide applications in Lajas Research Substation at the University of Puerto Rico in May 2017.
Use of the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema carpocapsae in combination with low-toxicity insecticides to control fall armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larvae
Dave Malone, IVCC Technical Manager, said "The collaboration with BASF gave us access to an insecticide with a rare combination of attributes: New to public health, effective against resistant mosquitoes, and able to coat polyester netting with a long-lasting formulation."
BASF INTRODUCES FIRST NEW CLASS OF PUBLIC HEALTH INSECTICIDE FOR MALARIA PREVENTION IN MORE THAN 30 YEARS
Part of the problem is that there were previously only four WHO-recommended insecticide classes for adult mosquito control: Only one of them, the pyrethroid class, was recommended for LNs.
BASF introduces first new class of public health insecticide for malaria prevention

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