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Recent Examples of microbicideThe research involved whether a vaginal microbicide was useful against AIDS, which was rampant in South Africa.—Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2020 Another ingredient, the microbicide nonoxynol-9, has also been found to disrupt the balance of vaginal flora.—Sofia Barrett-Ibarria, Allure, 21 Sep. 2018 Today, other types of microbicides are being developed such as a vaginal ring that emits a very different anti-HIV drug.—Washington Post, 1 June 2017
Washing cannot guarantee produce will be completely rid of pesticide residue.
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Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
31 Mar. 2026
Joshua Stamper, speaking for the department under the pesticide management area, said Minnesota has found itself in a predicament of increasing a practice that is looked on as positive, adding acres of cover crops, yet that increase is met with a reliance on a product deemed unsafe.
The inspector found moldy food in the walk-in cooler, drain flies in the dry storage area and insecticide stored on a shelf near some clean dishes.
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Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Mar. 2026
Adaptation in Latin American mosquitoes Anopheles mosquitoes and the malaria-causing Plasmodium also occur outside Africa, where insecticide resistance is less well-researched.
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Jacob A Tennessen,
The Conversation,
26 Mar. 2026
As an invasive species, Indiana’s Department of Natural Resources recommend cutting medium to larger Callery trees down to the stump and treating them with herbicide.
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John Tufts,
IndyStar,
1 Apr. 2026
Know your weeds and the herbicides that provide control; make applications as needed.
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Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Mar. 2026
According to a news release, Enviro-Master uses a non-toxic, non-corrosive and food-safe germicide that's dispensed from an electrostatic sprayer, basically the equivalent of a proton pack for germs.
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Slone Terranella,
Detroit Free Press,
3 Dec. 2020