Dear editor, Last week I wrote to this publication about mosquito spray services and asked a simple question: are we getting ...

Jennifer Those are pink hibiscus mealybugs. The oval insects are covered with a white, fuzzy/powdery material. They cluster ...

Horn flies cause stress, reduce grazing, and harm cattle health. Integrated pest management is key to control.

Aphids are found across nearly every cropping system, and their adaptability is part of what makes them so persistent. But ...

Scientific literature connecting various classes of pesticides to adverse health effects continues to mount, with synthetic pyrethroids emerging as a class of increasing concern. Due to their broad ...

Anopheles darlingi, a key carrier of malaria, is rapidly evolving resistance to insecticides. Romuald Carinci and Pascal Gaborit/Duchemin lab/Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, CC BY-SA The fight against ...

(THE CONVERSATION) The fight against infectious disease is a race against evolution. Bacteria become resistant to antibiotics. Viruses adapt to spread more quickly. Diseases transmitted by insects ...

One of the central pillars of malaria control efforts in Africa is the use of bed nets that contain an insecticide; pyrethroids have become the backbone of mosquito net programs worldwide. However, ...

(Beyond Pesticides, November 13, 2025) A study in Environmental Science & Technology shows that maternal exposure to organophosphate (OP) and pyrethroid insecticides adversely affects newborn health.