Archive for August, 2017
Urban Pest Management: An Environmental Perspective
October 2011Hardback248 pagesISBN 9781845938031 The book consists of a series of chapters, each written by a different author. The choice of chapter topics ranges from the control of specific pests (e.g. bed bugs, mosquitoes, termites), pest control in specific environments (e.g. schools, low-income housing), the use of specific insecticide formulations (e.g. baits, microencapsulation), the role […]
Pesticide drift and the pursuit of environmental justice
2011Paperback, Hardback, e-book296 Pages ISBN 9780262516280 This book is really about environmental justice for those living on or near farm land which includes a large number of immigrant farmworkers, concerned about pesticide use in California and in particular the exposure of people to “pesticide drift”. However, although it mentions that pesticides can be distributed by […]
Resistance of Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) to anticoagulant rodenticides in Hungary
Dr. D. Bajomi, B. Tánczos. Abstract: First generation rodenticides have been in use in Hungary since the mid 60-ies. Coumatetralyl based formulations were the first to appear, while rodenticides containing warfarin active substance have become less widespread. The application of bromadiolone and other second generation anticoagulant actives started afterwards. Anticoagulant resistant strains of Rattus norvegicus […]
S-methoprene Insect Growth Regulator Mosquito Larvicides Results of Efficacy Trials
Dr. Dániel Bajomi, József Schmidt, Laszló Takács – Babolna Bio Ltd., Hungary Bruno Serrano – Laboratoire T.E.C., France Abstract: Global warming, mass tourism and delivery of goods helps the appearance and proliferation not only of new vector species, but very serious illnesses too. During the past years the rapid Southern-Northern spread of the invasive tiger […]