Inorganic Chemical Industry

Scientists release wasps to control citrus pest

2012-01-10 16:34:40

<![CDATA[Scientists release wasps to control citrus pest]]>

Animal rights groups face off with scientists over fate of chimps

2010-09-04 16:35:05

<![CDATA[Animal rights groups face off with scientists over fate of chimps]]>

Health authorities act to contain bacterial threat to citrus trees

2009-09-23 00:00:00

A month after the discovery of Asian citrus psyllids in Santa Ana and Echo Park, state and county plant health authorities are scrambling to implement new regulations for citrus growers who sell at farmers markets in affected areas. The measures are...

The buzz biz: Saving the bees

2010-03-24 16:35:35

The Hope of Vaccine

2005-06-30 00:00:00

In a room in a Seattle office building, behind what seems like enough safeguards to protect the occupants of a nuclear submarine, anopheles mosquitoes dine on Special K and the occasional malaria-infected mouse. Researcher Stefan Kappe of the Seattle...

Net gains for Africa

2005-08-07 00:00:00

THE ROAD to Uganda's northeastern Kaberamaido District is not for timid drivers. Maps show it as paved, but it has no shoulders, no painted stripe dividing its two narrow lanes and, in some places, no asphalt. Overloaded trucks and crammed matatus —...

Wildflower seeding in the fall can pay off later

2008-10-11 00:00:00

IN NO INSTANCE is the California gardener more richly rewarded than with the autumn planting of wildflower seeds. Buy them now, sow them between Halloween and Christmas, and spring will be marked by a tumbling succession of grace notes. Moreover, as...

Controversial Insecticide Allowed to Stay on Market

2006-05-16 17:34:28

WASHINGTON -- The EPA has tentatively agreed to new restrictions that will allow a Southern California pesticide maker to keep a controversial insecticide on the market, the agency announced Tuesday. Newport Beach-based Amvac volunteered to cancel some...

Mosquito, where is thy sting? Bug-repellent clothes bite back

2005-08-14 00:00:00

THE lake was glassy and dark, the sky black and filled with stars. I was perched on an Adirondack chair at the end of a dock and felt suspended in the universe. The only sound was the soft lapping of small waves against the shoreline; the only scent was a...

Africa's Suffering Is Bush's Shame

2005-06-12 00:00:00

President Bush last week brazenly brushed aside British Prime Minister Tony Blair's call for a doubling of aid to Africa. Blair and other European leaders have taken on the task of fighting extreme poverty — and Bush watches from the sidelines. To...

The Killer Bug

2005-06-05 00:00:00

When the sun goes down in Africa, death stalks the children. It seldom comes from jungle cats or venomous snakes, but often from bugs smaller than a toddler's thumbnail. Every year, their deadly sting kills more people than at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, more...

From 60% to 80% of Southland homes are infested with wood-eating pests.

1999-10-17 00:00:00

Jennifer Root was told by a termite inspector some time ago that her 1923 Craftsman home in Eagle Rock was infested with the wood-gnawing pests. The inspector recommended fumigation�covering the house with a tent and pumping in poisonous gas�to eliminate...

The insecticide, Imidacloprid, is poured into an injector.

2011-05-11 00:00:00

In June of 2010, Sara Lee announced that it would sell its remaining insecticides business to cleaning products company S.C. Johnson, which is based in Racine, Wis. The deal was valued at around $188 million. S.C Johnson's deals with Sara Lee continued in late December.

2011-01-03 19:40:56

Q: Last summer my nasturtium leaves were often covered with aphids. Because I prefer not to use insecticides, I knocked them off with a hose. Is there anything else I can do?

2009-05-01 00:00:00