Officials in Massachusetts have begun aerial fumigation of the Southestern part of the state with the pesticide Anvil. The enemy: mosquitos capable of carrying Eastern equine encephalitis, of which two cases have been reported in Massachusetts this year. [Boston Globe]
In Boston, many residents are dealing with rising bedbug (Cimex lectularius) infestations. [Boston Globe]
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A rare window is opening for public health advocates to push the Environmental Protection Agency to rethink how it assesses the health risks of five neonicotinoids – insecticides that EWG and others...
It seems like an April Fools’ Day joke – the Environmental Protection Agency is defending its analysis permitting the use of the weedkiller paraquat, despite its links to Parkinson’s disease. With...
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