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Raid is the brand name of a line of insecticide products produced by S. C. Johnson & Son, first launched in 1956.. The initial active ingredient was allethrin, the first synthetic pyrethroid. [1]
The pesticide manual provides much information on pesticides. [6] [7] Many of the insecticides in the list are not in use. The developer of a pesticide applies for a common name when they intend to sell it, but some nevertheless do not reach the market. Many insecticides have been banned or otherwise withdrawn from the market over the decades.
Herbicidal warfare is the use of substances primarily designed to destroy the plant-based ecosystem of an area. Although herbicidal warfare use chemical substances, its main purpose is to disrupt agricultural food production and/or to destroy plants which provide cover or concealment to the enemy, not to asphyxiate or poison humans and/or destroy human-made structures.
The Chinese–Russian border or the Sino-Russian border is the international border between China and Russia. After the final demarcation carried out in the early 2000s, it measures 4,209.3 kilometres (2,615.5 mi), [ 3 ] and is the world's sixth-longest international border.
The China–North Korea border [a] is an international border separating China and North Korea, extending from Korea Bay in the west to a tripoint with Russia in the east. The total length of the border is 1,352 kilometers (840 mi). [1] The current border was created by two secret treaties signed between China and North Korea in 1962 and 1964.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has met President Vladimir Putin. at a cosmodrome in Russia’s Far East. Such a request would mark a reversal of roles from the 1950-53 Korean War, when the Soviet ...
New tests done by the Environmental Working Group have found 21 oat-based cereals and snack bars popular amongst children to have "troubling levels of glyphosate." The chemical, which is the ...
Map of the North Korea-USSR border, now the North Korea-Russia border. The border between the Russian Empire and the Joseon, then a tributary state of the Qing dynasty, was established by the Convention of Peking in November 1860. [2] Under the agreement, the Qing dynasty ceded territories east of the Ussuri River to the Russians.