rodenticide

noun

ro·den·ti·cide rō-ˈden-tə-ˌsīd

: an agent that kills, repels, or controls rodents

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Bioaccumulation, as the process is known, would pass the rodenticide up the food chain, where concentrations increase. —

Jeff Wheelwright, Discover Magazine, 6 Aug. 2017 The park service also noted that nearly every puma has been exposed to the poisons, with six collared lions and one uncollared animal documented to have died from rodenticide exposure. —

Christian Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2022 Warfarin was used as a rodenticide dating back to 1948 — and was approved as a blood thinner for humans in 1954. —

Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 16 Mar. 2022 At what levels do agricultural chemicals and rodenticide interfere with fishers’ reproduction? —

Jeff Wheelwright, Discover Magazine, 6 Aug. 2017 Our insistence on using rodenticide — despite all the horrible evidence of its cascading effects on the food chain — resulted in him getting mange. —

Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2022 His mouth was pale, a sign of rodenticide exposure. —

Zachary T. Sampson, Sun Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2022 Several passionate nature observers have identified a culprit on their own: rodenticide. —

Anjali Huynh, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2022 The state Department of Pesticide Regulation, whose annual approval is needed to sell pesticides in the state, has approved the rodenticide, diphacinone, without conducting a full re-evaluation of its effects in recent years. —

Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Oct. 2022 See More

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