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PESTICIDES

- the pesticides proposed to combat the GWSS

- why pesticides will not work (and what will)

- threats to quality of life

- what to do in an emergency spraying

- what to do followng a spray event  

- stories of lives destroyed  

- the trouble with IPM

- links to pesticide information resources


 
  

Pesticides proposed to be used by the State to combat the sharpshooter

Carbaryl

Chlorpyrifos

Imidacloprid

Permethrin