Natural ant remedies offer an effective, eco-friendly approach to keeping your home ant-free. Whether you're dealing with a minor ant problem or a full-scale invasion, using natural solutions can help you control these pests without resorting to harmful chemicals. Below are 13 natural methods to...
Natural Homemade Insecticides: Eco-Friendly Garden Pest Solutions As detailed in an article on Treehugger titled "Natural Homemade Insecticides: Save Your Garden Without Killing the Earth," many gardeners are turning to natural homemade insecticides as a safer alternative to chemical pesticides. These eco-friendly solutions can effectively protect...
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...
Cicada's are harmless, amazing insects, with an important place in the web of life By Drew Toher As periodical cicadas begin to emerge throughout the central and eastern United States, many may be tempted to put a halt to their noisy mating calls by reaching for a...
New, Gene-Silencing Pesticides Could Spell Doom for Pollinators Scientists warn gene-silencing RNA-based pesticides could spell doom for pollinators as they quickly begin to enter the general pesticide market. Concerns about gene-altering pesticide use have arisen as of late, as more and more of the risks these RNAi...
Go Organic Salutes: Safer Biorational/Biopesticides Moving pest management away from toxic pesticides Pesticides vary in their toxicity and in their potential to cause undesirable human and exological impacts. Pest control materials that are effective on the target pest, yet relatively non-toxic with few ecological side-effects are sometimes...