Q: Your answer to a recent question about black widow spiders includes mention of Dursban. What's happened to this product? A: Dursban, a chlorpyrifos pesticide, is no longer allowed in residential ...

A pesticide that has been used in homes for 34 years may pose a greater risk to humans, especially children, than previously suspected, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday. As part ...

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Chemical companies claim that Dursban has been been proven safe in thousands of tests, but don’t tell that to Tina Williams. Williams, her husband and their three children, ages 5, 4, and 3, now rent ...

Farmers routinely use pesticides, whether organic or not, to control insects and weeds on our crops. This often results in pesticide exposures to farmers, and occasionally to us when a little bit of ...

Canada's elm trees are dying, under attack from the elm bark beetle that causes Dutch elm disease. But the only solution appears to be a controversial pesticide called Dursban. The City of Winnipeg ...

EDMONTON – City crews fighting mosquito larvae have been using a restricted insecticide inside city limits, 30 metres from people’s homes and in natural areas such as Terwilliger Park. The new details ...