Make sure your pets do not go on lawns or in gardens treated with fertilizers, herbicides or insecticides until the time listed on the label by the manufacturer. It's the time of year where we think of being outside enjoying the sunshine, great temperatures, playing in the park, planting flowers and thinking of ways to make our lawns look beautiful. The most dangerous forms of pesticides include: snail bait containing metaldehyde, fly bait containing methomyl, systemic insecticides...

Officials to propose ban on phosphorus fertilizers in B. Battle Creek environmental officials said the legislation still would allow people to use commercially produced fertilizers, but the city would work with retailers, commercial lawn care providers and consumers to increase the availability of alternative fertilizers. Battle Creek environmental officials said the legislation still would allow people to use commercially produced fertilizers, but the city would work with retailers,...

Law enforcement suspects the insecticides and fungicides were stolen for resale on the black market in the agricultural industry. Both buyers and sellers of commercial agricultural pesticides and herbicides are licensed or certified. We use that much in a week s time, he said, explaining the chemicals are used on pepper, cantaloupe, watermelon, squash and cucumber. The chemicals had just been delivered and were stolen after being left alone at the facility for only four hours. About 45...

Sarasota County's proposed fertilizer rules could: Prevent the use of fertilizers that contain nitrogen and phosphorus in the rainy summer season. The ordinances, which would put restrictions on the kinds of fertilizer residents could use and when they could use it, are up for approval next month and seem likely to pass. The commissioners considered approving the ordinance on Wednesday but decided they needed more information to set fair standards for the chemical composition of...

Roundup kills all weed types, and that's a big reason why glyphosate-tolerant crops are now being planted on more then 220 million acres per year, worldwide. Now, the industry has two effective all-weed herbicides that can be bred into crops and rotated or even stacked in the same seeds to prevent any major resistance. It claimed agriculture had become as dependent on glyphosate for weed control as human medicine had become on antibiotics. In the very same issue, however, the University of...