CBS News: EPA OKs Stink Bug Spray For Orchards In 7 States


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Fruit growers in seven Eastern states have a new weapon for fighting the brown marmorated stink bug.

The Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it has granted an emergency exemption allowing orchards in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia to use the insecticide dinotefuran.

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Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 7/31/2011 10:00 AM
Categories: Invertebrates
Tags: Stink bugs EPA brown marmorated stink bug insects dinotefuran
 

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