Tourists flock to Rwanda's mountains to see its famed gorillas, but now the small nation is working to diversify its economy with a natural insecticide farmed on nearby fertile foothills. Pyrethrum, a ...

A relatively benign compound contained in a widely used group of insecticides can mix with and increase the toxicity of existing pesticides in the environment, according to a new study led by ...

TAMMY: Pyrethrum is a natural insecticide, made from plants in the now-obsolete genus of daisies that included chrysanthemums and tanacetum. The active chemicals in these plants are called pyrethrins ...

Now Botanical Resources Australia – which produces 80 per cent of the world’s pyrethrin-based insecticides – is hoping to more than double the production of the active ingredient in Victoria and is on ...

ANGRY pet owners have called on Coles and Woolworths to stop selling a toxic flea spray after a cat suffered a severe reaction. Exelpet Fleaban, a flea spray for cats and dogs, contains pyrethrins, an ...

Berkeley -- A relatively benign compound contained in a widely used group of insecticides can mix with and increase the toxicity of existing pesticides in the environment, according to a new study led ...