The insecticide was used to control spruce budworm, which mainly feeds on balsam fir and white spruce, and is a natural pest ...

A pesticide sprayed on New Brunswick forests more than 55 years ago can still be found in some fish in the province, ...

American beachgoers are sprayed with DDT as a new machine for distributing the insecticide is tested for ... Worse still, DDT, PAHO’s bug spray of choice, was revealed to have horrific effects ...

Carson looked into the problem and was shocked by how extensive the pesticide situation was. She decided to write about it and let people know. DDT came into common use around 1939 (though ...

Her book criticized the widespread use of artificial pesticides, especially one known as ‘DDT.’ Notably, Carson’s work also helped launch the modern environmental movement and highlighted ...

Background on Aldicarb In addition to being designated as “extremely hazardous” by the WHO, aldicarb is also one of the few pesticides — along with DDT — subject to regulation under the Rotterdam ...

Using available data on where DDT was sprayed, samples were taken from five lakes in the northern central parts of New Brunswick where the insecticide was known to be applied and the fish was analyzed ...

But DDT, though it was not the most commonly used pesticide in the spray program, has persisted in soil and in New Brunswick's aquatic environment. Loading external pages may require significantly ...

FREDERICTON - More than 50 years after it was last used in New Brunswick, new research shows the insecticide DDT is still found in “alarming” rates in trout in the province’s lakes ...

A pesticide sprayed on New Brunswick forests more than 55 years ago can still be found in some brook trout in the province, according to a new study. DDT was sprayed from planes across northern ...