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Recent Examples of acaricide
Repellent can also help, as can treating your yard with acaricides — a type of pesticide focused on ticks and mites.
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Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 6 Oct. 2023
Large-scale habitat control or acaricide (tick-killing) treatment of wildlife, though possible, can be difficult or not cost-effective for homeowners.
—Joyce Sakamoto, Washington Post, 18 June 2018
Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 6 Oct. 2023
Large-scale habitat control or acaricide (tick-killing) treatment of wildlife, though possible, can be difficult or not cost-effective for homeowners.
—Joyce Sakamoto, Washington Post, 18 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for acaricide
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Rodenticides and insecticides are extremely harmful if pets ingest them directly or eat affected pests.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
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The carcinogenic insecticide did not show up in a single unregulated product.—
Paige St. John,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Dec. 2024
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Among them: pesticides flowing from nearby farms, heavy metals like mercury and arsenic and chemicals like PFAS (a.k.a.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
10 Jan. 2025
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Sprayers are used to apply pesticides, growth regulators, and nutrients to ensure a healthy crop.—
Andrew J. Hawkins,
The Verge,
6 Jan. 2025
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Post-emergent herbicides can be used more selectively, but also pose environmental risks, including toxicity to birds, bees, and mammals that consume or contact them.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
1 Jan. 2025
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Fennimore specializes in vegetables, for which there are few herbicide options, and there are fewer still for organic growers.—
Michelle Weber,
Longreads,
7 Nov. 2024
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To raise healthy plants, conventional horticulture banked on the intensive use of chemicals such as fungicides to ward off all kinds of diseases.—
Shi En Kim,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 Oct. 2024
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Although the dangers of fungicides are still being studied, they are linked to developmental delays in children and hormonal disruptions in adults.—
Todd A. Price,
The Tennessean,
5 Apr. 2024
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Nonetheless, the researchers also acknowledged that realizing such goals will be complex, as U.S. regulators typically consider risks associated with individual toxicants, rather than the complex mixtures that exist in wastewater.—
Sharon Udasin,
The Hill,
6 Jan. 2025
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Testing water around Luke Air Force Base started in 2019 after the area’s water supply showed high levels of toxicants.—
Shawn Raymundo,
The Arizona Republic,
4 June 2024
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In addition to enzymes, Burr promoted agricultural innovations in the fields of robotics, sensors and biopesticides.—
Jan Goldsmith,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Sep. 2023
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According to Daniel, charcoal acts as a natural biopesticide, keeping bugs and bacteria away from the plants and allows better airflow between the roots.—
Anna Braz,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Aug. 2023
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“Acaricide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acaricide. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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