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For both women, their efforts are a small way to combat the devastation human activity has brought to monarch butterfly populations, including climate change, deforestation and heavy pesticide use.—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2025 The experts there suggested neem oil, which is a natural pesticide that does not contain harmful chemicals.—Amy Panos, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 July 2025 These include light pollution, urban development, the use of pesticides and other chemicals sprayed in yards, and climate change.—Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 3 July 2025 On food safety generally, Kennedy appears to be at odds with director Zeldin’s decisions to deregulate pesticides.—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for pesticide
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