They would rather lie to the populace that if their houses are sprayed with chemicals, they will become impotent, develop cancer and have children with defects. This is risky because insects when exposed to only one chemical over time develop what is known as knockdown resistance. Indoor residual spraying is one of the most effective interventions for malaria control and must be encouraged in conjunction with other interventions such as the use of insecticide treated nets, Artemesinin...

The breakdown products (oxons) of the three most commonly used organophosphorus pesticides in California's agricultural Central Valley -- chlorpyrifos, malathion and diazinon -- are 10 - 100 times more toxic to amphibians than their parent compounds, which are already highly toxic to amphibians, according to experiments conducted by scientists of Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, and the U. The breakdown products (oxons) of the three most commonly used organophosphorus pesticides...

Baldwin and his classmates learn all about natural fertilizers. Worms eat horse droppings, and poop out non-toxic fertilizer that doesn't smell or attracts flies. Sarah and her buddies carefully separate the worms from the fertilizer. After collecting worms and their poop, these students haul them to a table and sort them out. The classroom is a Waimanalo farm, and the subject is worm poop. After sifting through worm poop, you get this: a big pile of worm. These invertebrates are the...

People using pesticides should always follow the label instructions when applying any pesticide, including herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides. Even when these herbicides are applied in the cool of the morning, toxic chemical vapors will lift off later on a hot day and can drift to neighboring fields. These chemicals produce vapor drifts that are prone to injure neighboring crops, trees, and landscape plants at high temperatures. Most of the phenoxy class of herbicides, such as 2-4,D...

Riding on the back of growth of agriculture in the domestic market, as well as industrial growth the world over, this export oriented company plans to add a pigment manufacturing capacity of 500 tonne per annum, a multipurpose agrochemicals plant and to set up a 3 MW captive power plant, using the issue proceeds. Riding on the back of growth of agriculture in the domestic market, as well as industrial growth the world over, this export oriented company plans to add a pigment manufacturing...