First recorded in 1953
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The public displeasure that would only swell over the next couple of years was obvious from the get-go: We don’t believe no stinkin’ studies about malathion being harmless in these doses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2024
In the meantime, the young people of the California Conservation Corps were the ones on the ground in the quarantine zone, stripping off fruit, hand-spraying with the malathion recipe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2024
Some environmental scientists strongly oppose loosening the restrictions on both acephate and malathion, arguing that the new tests are not reliable enough to capture all the hazards a chemical poses to the developing brain.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2024
And in March, the EPA released a draft assessment of another pesticide in the same class, malathion, that also proposes loosening restrictions based on similar tests.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2024
The other group consists of the organic phosphorus insecticides, and is represented by the reasonably familiar malathion and parathion.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Malathion is used on crops such as strawberries, blueberries and asparagus.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2024
Malathion is considered highly toxic to insects, fish and crustaceans.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2022
Malathion, chlorpyrifos and diazinon target nervous systems, making them highly effective insecticides.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2018
In other words, by weight, the natural pesticide Rotenone is considered five times more harmful than synthetic pesticide Malathion.
From Slate ● Jan. 29, 2014
During California's war against the citrus-destroying Mediterranean fruit fly, community groups have beseeched state officials to stop spraying the insecticide Malathion in populated areas.
From Time Magazine Archive
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