Pyrethroid

Article Overview: In the peer review article, Neurodevelopment Disorders and Prenatal Residential Proximity to Agricultural Pesticides: The CHARGE Study, which was published in the Journal of Environmental Health Perspectives published in 2004, examined the environmental health issue of pesticide exposure and the related health outcome of neurodevelopmental disorders developing in the children of women who lived in proximity to commercial pesticide usage in an agricultural setting during…

pinto bean, alfalfa, red clover, white clover, white sweet clover, and other varieties of legumes. Therefore, this pest is a significant risk to agriculture in addition to being a major annoyance in the urban landscape. It is highly susceptible to pyrethroid insecticides, giving growers an economical tool for coping with the pest within agricultural systems. However, the widespread and abundant populations of the bean plataspid in kudzu pose a very difficult management problem for the urban…

Cultural Control Measures:  Do not plant flowering trees and shrubs immediately nearto building entrances or along the walkways.  Remove sting from individuals with the help of a vacuum or flyswatter.  In exterior surfaces including walls, masonry steps, buildings, bleachers, fences, playground equipment, etc. eliminate harborage by sealing openings.  Clean up and store food and drink spills immediately.  Store food items and drink to be consumed outdoors in sealed containers.[7] Use of…

What is biodiversity? Introduction Biodiversity is defined as the variety of life on Earth at all its levels and includes genes to ecosystems, as well as the ecological and evolutionary processes that sustain it (Cardinale, 2012). The Earth’s biodiversity has long been a source of wonderment and scientific curiosity, but is increasingly becoming a source of concern. The sheer diversity of life is of inestimable value. Biodiversity has a number of functions on Earth, from providing a foundation…