THERE has been considerable concern about the presence of chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticides in wild birds' eggs. The toxicology of chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticides has been evaluated 1–3, using ...

Planting season for corn and soybeans across the U.S. will begin as soon as March in Southern states and then move north. As farmers plant, they will deploy vast quantities of insecticides into the ...

INSECTICIDES are now extensively applied to agricultural soils, and if this practice continues there is the obvious possibility that such treatments may have harmful effects on the soil fauna. The ...

AZoM talks to Dr. Bart Kahr about his research on the crystal structure of the insecticide imidacloprid and its environmental implications. I was trained in organic chemistry and started out by trying ...