pesticide

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Under the pact, use of the pesticide is allowed only for controlling malaria.

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  • Carrots contain falcarinol, a natural pesticide which is considered to have anti-cancer properties. —  The Latest on Air America
  • Some of our fields have accumulated toxic levels of pesticide, and we need to develop new and better technologies of sustainable production. —  Blog entry
  • But three months after the pesticide was applied, the animal was dead. —  AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
  • Also rather that using a broad spectrum pesticide, they use a product that only affects the particular pest targeting some metabolic process specific to that pest. —  Charlottesville Blogs
  • They do indeed kill some pollinators, but the timing and choices for the pesticide lets them at least try to minimize collateral damage. —  This Garden Is Illegal
 

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