Neonics no-no: Poisonous insecticide threatens local waters, birds, pollinators The Day, March 9, 2025

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CT Lawmakers Weigh Bans on Pesticides, Rodenticides, Other Chemicals CT Mirror, February 24, 2025

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WSHU Pubic Radio/Connecticut East This Week podcast on YouTube. February 10, 2025. Interview with Brian Scott-Smith. Segment on neonics starts at 26 minute/ 13 second mark. 

Pollinator Potluck Forum brings leaders working to ban new DDT pesticide in CT.  By Anne W. Semmes. Greenwich Sentinel, February 7, 2025.

 

Report: Harmful pesticides found in CT rivers, groundwater. Public News Service. Edwin J. Viera,

Producer. February 5, 2025

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Pesticide called ‘new DDT’ has been found in CT waterways. Here’s why it may become restricted. The Hartford Courant, February 3, 2025. Front page article on the report from UConn on Neonicotinoids in Connecticut Waters. [subscription required]

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Inside Quebec's fight over bee-killing pesticides. Canada's National Observer. By Marc Fawcett-Atkinson | News | January 31st 2025

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Melissa in the Morning: Pesticides in CT Waters
WICC The Voice of Connecticut, January 29, 2025, interview with Louise Washer, chair CPR

Songbirds being killed by pesticides found in pet fur flea treatments

Chemical in treatment for pet fleas and ticks is found in nests of blue and great tits, killing chicks

The Guardian, January 27, 2025

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Government overturns Tory measure and bans emergency use of bee-killing pesticide
Emergency use of Cruiser SB, a neonicotinoid pesticide highly toxic to bees, to be outlawed in UK in line with EU, The Guardian, January 23, 2025