Recent news on Pyrethrin

Cigarette beetles can attack many foods  -  25 May 2007
SunHerald.com,...pasta, peppers, powdered pyrethrin (an insecticide), raisins, rat poison, rice, rodent droppings, and straw and hair (as stuffing in upholstery).

Tongue and grooved particleboard flooring from D&R Henderson  -  May 17, 2007
Infolink Architecture & Building,The board is impregnated with a synthetic pyrethrin during the manufacturing process which significantly improves its termite resistance properties.

Uganda: DDT Agenda is Suspicious  -  May 9, 2007
AllAfrica.com,No it is not, it was meant to stifle the development of pyrethrin based products for malaria control especially at the height of the negotiations for the

Ngilu’s malaria alert as long rains begin  -  Apr 29, 2007
Daily Nation (subscription),The campaign, which will involve the use of synthetic chemicals which are pyrethrin-based, targets indoor residual spraying in 680000 households within 60

Malaria Researchers Target Mosquitoes  -  May 22, 2007
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),...tools already in hand—such as pyrethrin-laced bed nets and indoor spraying of DDT—at least until the time when new and better measures can replace them.

Buffalo gnat swarms have deadly impact on West-Central Illinois fowl  -  May 9, 2007
Quincy Herald Whig,Officials recommend pyrethrin sprays and insect repellents containing DEET, but the gnats still will swarm around. "They don't respect DEET as much as

My German Shepherd has a dry skin spot!  -  May 6, 2007
WRAL.com,I would recommend using Frontline for your dog to see if that doesn't help control the fleas and reduce the chance for a pyrethrin reaction.

Growing Points: Insect control in the vegetable garden  -  Apr 7, 2007
VillageSoup Belfast,Cucumber beetles — row covers (until plants flower — flowers need to be exposed to bees for pollination and fruit set), pyrethrin, Safer soap,

House Questions How Firm Linked to Minister Got Land  -  Apr 16, 2007
AllAfrica.com,Mr Kimunya also appeared to agree with the MPs that the company had interests in processing pyrethrin but he said it was interested in organic pyrethrin

Spraying to begin for West Nile virus  -  Apr 12, 2007
Sacramento Bee,The Sutter-Yuba Mosquito and Vector Control District has said it will start truck-based spraying of pyrethrin Monday night and aerial sweeps Tuesday.

Music legend wrote the tune 'Texas Waltz'  -  Apr 8, 2007
Belleville News-Democrat,The pest-killing ingredient in most Camicide products is a natural ingredient -- pyrethrin, derived from the pyrethrum plant -- which is harmful only to

Irrigation Systems Can Now Provide the Ultimate in Mosquito, Flea ...  -  Apr 10, 2007
Emediawire (press release),...in 1 Gallon Containers or case lots of 4 and can be used in all Misting Systems as a inexpensive alternative to toxic Pyrethrum and Pyrethrin additives.

Kenya: Kirwa Visit to Rwandese Firm  -  27 Mar 2007
AllAfrica.com,The RPB runs a processing plant in Ruhengeri Province and has been producing pyrethrin oils for export. It has an annual production capacity of 4000MT,

Mosquito season warming up early  -  Mar 7, 2007
Sacramento Bee,The active ingredient in the spray was pyrethrin, a natural extract of chrysanthemum flowers. The results were found to be effective against one

Winter's tiny indoor 'mosquitoes' are plant pests  -  Mar 3, 2007
High Plains Journal,Upham said houseplant owners can control an existing infestation by applying a pyrethrin such as bifenthrin (eg, Ortho Rose & Flower Insect Killer) or

Wash leaves with warm water, soap  -  Mar 1, 2007
Jackson Clarion Ledger,Visit the local garden center and select a ready-to-use spray bottle of a vegetable garden spray that contains pyrethrin or permethrin.

Controlling rose midges a difficult task  -  Feb 1, 2007
Jackson Clarion Ledger,Recent control strategies employ good garden sanitation, sprays of pyrethrin and soil drenches such as those used for white grub control.

Pet Corner  -  Feb 4, 2007
Stabroek News,My preference is the Pyrethrin-based shampoo. Pyrethrins are chemicals extracted from the plants, therefore a more natural product.

Gift azalea comes with flies  -  Feb 2, 2007
Rocky Mountain News,Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) applied to the soil will control larvae, and pyrethrin sprays will kill adults. Remember to inspect plants carefully before

Springtails pesky but harmless  -  Jan 11, 2007
Toronto Star,If they don't (and are annoying) try spraying the soil surface with a pyrethrin based insecticide. I recently discovered one with the delightful name of

It's citrus season!  -  Jan 13, 2007
Napa Valley Register,What we use is dormant oil mixed with the acting agent pyrethrin, which is an organically derived insecticide from the chrysanthemum flower."

Pyrethrum growers to be paid this week for September crop  -  Dec 31, 2006
Daily Nation (subscription),...“The Board has maintained the price of Sh73.73 for a kilo of one per cent pyrethrin content for a number of years even after undergoing very difficult

Plants often bring insects indoors  -  Jan 14, 2007
Columbus Dispatch,Fungus gnats are easily controlled with a household flying-insect spray that contains pyrethrin and is labeled for gnats.

How can my child get rid of head lice?  -  Jan 12, 2007
Peru Tribune,Many of these shampoos contain permethrin or pyrethrin - insecticides safe for use on human hair - and an ingredient known to kill many types of lice.

Delay digging day lily until early April if possible  -  Dec 31, 2006
Columbus Dispatch,Fungus gnat adults can be controlled with a household flyinginsect spray that contains pyrethrin and is labeled for gnats. Dear Jane: I forced several pots

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