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A new bill in the Maryland State legislature seeks to address and ban the use of harmful “forever chemicals” in pesticides by requiring these products be tested and found to be free of hazardous PFAS substances before they’re allowed to be used and sold in...
Lemon Eucalyptus Oil: Best Natural Insect Repellant
No one want to be bitten by mosquitoes or ticks, yet the most common insecticides and repellants can be dangerous too. In fact, it was recently discovered by the Maryland Pesticide Education Network (MPEN), that a common insecticide sprayed...
Mosquitoes are a nuisance, but poisoning from PFAS in mosquito spray lasts forever
10/17/21 Update:
A second Md. Mosquito Control Program product, Mavrik Perimeter, listed on Maryland's mosquito control webpage, was found to contain 16,703 ppt of the "forever chemical" PFAS by the State of...