RALEIGH, N.C. — Debates on social media sites in North Carolina have been raising concerns about whether mosquito spray could be putting insects other than mosquitos and the food supply at risk, WTVD ...

Mosquito control officials recently sprayed a pesticide to kill mosquitoes in Bradenton, where at least three people have caught the dengue virus. The move came after health officials reported new ...

Mention DEET (chemical name, N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide) in a crowded room, and you’re likely to hear a chorus of different opinions regarding its potential toxicity and health implications. Against a ...

Efforts to keep yards and pools mosquito free could be putting the food supply at risk. Hot, damp weather means more mosquitoes spawning and experts say using chemicals to kill the pesky bugs can also ...

Sawyer’s Picaridin is a synthetic version of a chemical derived from pepper plants and is safe for the entire family, even pregnant women. DEET is a very effective mosquito repellent, and this ...

Pickup trucks spraying fine mist are roaming eastern Fort Collins this week to quash unusually high West Nile virus risk in the city. Larimer County spent about $10,000 to spray a six-mile area of ...

If Broward’s mindset was to find a better way to spray and defeat mosquitoes, then it’s marking a milestone in the skeeter battle. After about a year of tinkering and refining plans, a team of county ...

DELAWARE - The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will begin its annual mosquito spring spray campaign as early as this Tuesday. The spray operations will continue throughout ...

FAIRVIEW TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WHTM) — The York County Mosquito Disease Control Program is scheduled to conduct a truck-mounted ultra low volume mosquito adult control event in Fairview Township this week.

As an environmental lawyer and a toxicologist with nearly 60 years of collective experience with hazardous waste sites, we were disheartened by David Abel’s article “ ‘Forever chemicals’ found in Mass ...