The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated its policy regarding the type of insecticide used on bed nets to prevent malaria. Against the backdrop of growing resistance of disease-carrying ...

One of the oldest pesticides known, pyrethrum is also the strongest insecticide allowed under National Organic Standards guidelines. Made from the dried flowers of a little white daisy now classified ...

夏季时节植物生长旺盛，病虫害也处于高发期，本期园艺热钱，园艺高手张崇炎要介绍一种安全环保的常见除虫剂——除虫菊。点击音频，收听完整节目。 上一期节目我们介绍了环保杀虫药水白油。这次介绍一下环保安全的杀虫剂——除虫菊。 我们小时候都用 ...

A new study has identified a scent receptor in mosquitoes that helps them sniff out and avoid trace amounts of pyrethrum, a plant extract used for centuries to repel biting insects. These findings ...

Environmental exposure to pyrethroid insecticides was associated with an increased risk for all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in an observational study of a nationally representative ...