Scientists have discovered that pyrethroid insecticides, which are commonly used in bed nets and indoor sprays, do more than just kill mosquitoes.They make mosquitoes (those that are exposed to ...

A: Suspend is a synthetic pyrethroid that is chemically similar to naturally occurring pyrethrins, but modified to be more stable in the environment. Synthetic pyrethroids do not decompose as ...

Evidence of widespread pyrethroid-resistant lice has been building for years. Yoon was among the first to report on the phenomenon in the United States 15 years ago, the press release notes, when ...

As crops continue to mature, there are still pests to scout and management decisions to be made.

The paper, "Association Between Exposure to Pyrethroid Insecticides and Risk of All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality in the General US Adult Population," was co-authored by Buyun Liu and Hans ...

Environmental exposure to pyrethroid insecticides was associated with an increased risk for all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in an observational study of a nationally representative ...

(Beyond Pesticides, April 4, 2017) Exposure to commonly used pyrethroid insecticides results in the early onset of puberty in boys, according to a study presented at the 99th meeting of the Endocrine ...

Now, researchers have found a marker, a single mutation, linked to pyrethroid detoxification in populations of southern Africa’s Anopheles funestus, a major malaria vector, and can use it to monitor ...

Organophosphates and pyrethroid pesticides were found in all water samples taken over a two year period on a weekly, bi-weekly and monthly basis for the study. In addition, a study published in 2008 ...

The Endocrine Society. "Pyrethroid pesticide exposure appears to speed puberty in boys." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 2 April 2017. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2017 / 04 / 170402111320.htm>.