Humans have exploited the chemical defenses of plants since creepy-crawlers got bored with eating fibrous leaves and decided to try the soft-skinned bipeds running around. The Sunnyvale fogging effort ...

I am writing in response to the Friday article on fogging for mosquitoes. It is important to know that Pyrethrin kills about 25 other insects, not just the adult mosquito. The Mosquito and Vector ...

CHICO — A group of residents questions the safety of spraying neighborhoods with pesticides to combat West Nile virus. Recently, the Butte County Mosquito and Vector Control District has sent trucks ...

Pyrethrin works like DDT and we tolerated that; don”t be surprised there are fewer bees to pollinate crops and more sick people and animals locally. Fogging uses pyrethrin. It kills bees, birds, fish ...

SAN JOSE — The mosquito fogger is coming Thursday night, spraying insecticide in a mile radius around the spot in a South San Jose neighborhood where a West Nile virus-carrying crow was recently found ...

CHICO — A group of residents questions the safety of spraying neighborhoods with pesticides to combat West Nile virus. Recently, the Butte County Mosquito and Vector Control District has sent trucks ...