This season, Scott's K-Lawn sprays park turf with an herbicide to kill broadleaf weeds; Animas Valley Arborist injects insecticides into root zones of park trees to ward off pests; Tres Mesas Spraying maintains non-manicured rights-of-way and strips of open land. This season, Scott's K-Lawn sprays park turf with an herbicide to kill broadleaf weeds; Animas Valley Arborist injects insecticides into root zones of park trees to ward off pests; Tres Mesas Spraying maintains non-manicured...

The Oklahoma cotton industry says the herbicide 2,4-D used by many ranchers and wheat farmers often drifts onto cotton fields and damages the crop. By ROD WALTON World Staff Writer 6/26/2007 Some of Oklahoma's cotton farmers are picking political fights with wheat and cattle producers who use a certain herbicide that is good for controlling weeds in pastures but proves detrimental to the state's lucrative cotton crop. By ROD WALTON World Staff Writer 6/26/2007 Some of Oklahoma's cotton...

Over the last forty years nitrogen fertilizer use has increased seven-fold and nearly every acre of intensively farmed, conventional cropland is treated with pesticides. Officials in Baltimore announced yesterday that the Allied Chemical Company deliberately withheld test results showing high arsenic levels in a city park three decades ago. According to officials, Allied Chemical let the city falsely believe that arsenic levels in Swann Park were vastly lower than reality and had come from...

Pesticide Exposure During Conception May Affect School Success Later (MS) Researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine say that exposure to pesticides (which is more frequent for babies conceived in May and June) could impact their development, lead to premature birth and may affect school performance as the child ages. Pesticide Exposure During Conception May Affect School Success Later (MS) Researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine say that exposure to...

Invasive weeds spread aggressively, infesting agricultural fields, clogging waterways, degrading salmon spawning habitat and displacing native plants reducing forage and shelter that wildlife depend on. An herbicide is just a pesticide for plants. In recognition of this opportunity, stakeholders from around Alaska are working to increase public awareness and promote invasive weed prevention and management. When you hear about the pesticide law, they pertain to herbicides, too, she said. In...