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larvicide

NOUN
  1. a chemical used to kill larval pests

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  • To stay bite-free, said Brandi Moritz with the Platte County Health Department, residents can treat standing water with mosquito larvicide briquettes, put on repellant, wear long sleeves and avoid being outdoors from dusk to dawn when the mosquitoes bite most. KansasCity.com: Front Page
  • And she said that, at the moment, there are no plans to spread larvicide in rural ditches. Globe and Mail
  • Most municipalities, York included, have regularly undertaken mosquito-control efforts to stanch the spread of the disease since it first appeared in humans in Canada in 2002, including monthly treatments of larvicide on local catch basins. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
  • Mosquito bites may be avoided by removing stagnant sources of water or by using protective clothing, repellants, larvicides, and, in cases of epidemics, insecticides.
  • Methods The density surveillance was conducted by the spoon method, and 10% beta-cypermethrin and 1% Abate larvicide were deployed on the spot for larval control.
  • And she said that, at the moment, there are no plans to spread larvicide in rural ditches. Globe and Mail
  • Additionally, unsafe sources of drinking water can be treated with an approved larvicide, such as ABATE®*, that kills copepods, and communities can be provided with new safe sources of drinking water, or have existing dysfunctional ones repaired. Dracunculiasis
  • The owner was not at home, so an inspector slipped larvicide into the water. Times, Sunday Times
  • That means killing the mosquitoes before they hatch with the use of larvicide. CNN Transcript Jul 4, 2003
  • The use of neem oil as a larvicide for mosquito control is being studied in the laboratory and field trials are planned for the near future. 4. Case studies of small-scale semi-industrial neem processing in Kenya, Thailand, the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua
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