News tagged with pyrethroids

IPM decreased pesticide use in University of Florida housing

A new study recently published in the Journal of Integrated Pest Management (JIPM) shows that from 2003 to 2008, the use of insecticide active ingredients was reduced by about 90% in University of Florida housing buildings after ...

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bed bug insecticide resistance mechanisms identified

Bed bugs, largely absent in the U.S. since the 1950s, have returned with a hungry vengeance in the last decade in all 50 states. These insects have developed resistance to pyrethroids, one of the very few ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Common insecticide used in homes associated with delayed mental development of young children

When the EPA phased out the widespread residential use of chlorpyrifos and other organophosphorus (OP) insecticides in 2000-2001 because of risks to child neurodevelopment, these compounds were largely replaced with pyrethroid ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 10, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fungus enhances susceptibility of resistant malaria mosquito to pesticides

In areas where malaria mosquitoes have become resistant to chemical pesticides, mosquito-killing fungi can be an effective tool. Fungal spores can effectively infect and kill malaria mosquitoes, even those that are resistant ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

How Bed Bugs Outsmart the Chemicals Designed to Control Them

(PhysOrg.com) -- Bed bugs, once nearly eradicated in the built environment, have made a big comeback recently, especially in urban centers such as New York City. In the first study to explain the failure to control certain ...

Biology /

created Jan 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0