The workmanlike chlorfenapyr
Remember BASF’s bed bug prevention pitch?
Tag: pesticides
Temprid gets bed bug label
Temprid SC got a bed bug label (PDF), see the Bayer press release at PCT.
Once upon a time, a national resource
A National Research Council report (70) on strategies and tactics for pesticide resistance management described insecticide susceptibility as a resource….
kdr pyrethroid resistance widespread in U.S. bed bug populations
The University of Kentucky announced yesterday that knockdown resistance (kdr-type) mutations, conferring resistance to synthetic pyrethroid pesticides, are widely prevalent in U.S. bed bug populations. The study, forthcoming1 in Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, finds that one or two … Continue reading
Ohio’s Section 18 exemption request, draft labels and public comment period
The Environmental Protection Agency has published Ohio Department of Agriculture’s Section 18 exemption request for propoxur in the Federal Register. The public comment period ends on January 21.
Alternatives
Beyond Pesticides weighs in on Ohio’s propoxur Section 18 request:
So, it’s propoxur
Update: Federal Register notice published; public comment period ends January 21, 2010.
BASF’s bed bug prevention pitch
Update: the chlorfenapyr study has been published.
Bed bugs as vehicle for change
Marc Lame of Indiana University thinks that bed bugs will finally move his university to adopt integrated pest management (IPM). His remarks at a monthly ‘Green Drinks’ gathering in Bloomington are quoted in this Indiana Daily Student story:
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Note: There has been the strongest objection to the title of this post on the grounds that it is extremely offensive. I am removing the title in deference to the complaint.