Specifically, they can withstand pyrethroid-based insecticides. Pyrethroids are commonly used against cockroaches as they are potent insecticides. They work by affecting the nervous system of insects.

WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal notice today of its intent to sue the Environmental Protection Agency for approving more than 300 pyrethroid insecticide products without ...

Researchers are using machine learning to develop next-generation mosquito repellents that could outmatch DEET and ...

They also include most of the extremely dangerous pyrethroid insecticides that are linked to autism, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases and are highly toxic to pollinators and fish. “The EPA’s ...

But until this week, growers in the nation’s leading rice-producing state only had one insecticide approved for use on fall armyworms in rice - pyrethroid - and Lorenz says they are growing ...

In this scenario, experts pointed out that these insects have shown high “resistance to pyrethroid insecticides,” the only type of insecticides available in the province of Buenos Aires ...

Spatial repellents, which emit pyrethroid insecticides (synthetic insecticides for killing mosquitoes) in low doses through heated dispensers or coils, are widely used, but are facing rising ...