Examples of pesticide in a Sentence
Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Mosquito Bits contain the biological pesticide Bt, which kills worms, caterpillars (so be careful with it around pollinator plants) and mosquito larvae.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2024
The record high has arrived after nearly 20 years of collapsing colonies, where bees died from exposure to poisonous pesticides, stress from cross-country transit to pollinate crops, invasive pests, and changes to habitat.
—Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2024
Bowery provides a reliable, consistent supply of food year-round with no pesticides, yielding more food from every crop with a tiny fraction of the water needed for traditional agriculture.
—Heather Wishart-Smith, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
Else Nutrition Plant Protein is certified organic and has a Clean Label Project Purity Award, which means it is tested for toxins, pesticide residues, and heavy metals.
—Tamar Kane, Ms, Rd, Parents, 27 Mar. 2024
Also, pesticides may pass into breast milk, the CDC says.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 22 Mar. 2024
Much of the nitrate compounds coming from the food industries are likely coming from pesticides or fertilizers or as runoff from feed lots on farms, Stacy Woods, research director for food and the environment at the Union of Concerned Scientists, told ABC News.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 16 Mar. 2024
Toxicology tests also revealed trace amounts of DDE, a breakdown product of the pesticide DDT, which has been banned in the United States since the early 1970s.
—Ed Shanahan, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024
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circa 1925, in the meaning defined above
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“Pesticide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pesticide. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.
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