Word: malathion
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...April and June, B&G hires a company to spray about 230 elm trees on campus with a combination of malathion and another pesticide. Bernard K. Keohan, acting superintendent of grounds at B&G, said yesterday...
...there were any question that malathion was harmful, we wouldn't use it," Keohan said, adding that he uses the pesticide in his vegetable garden...
Acknowledging that he may be "a little unnecessarily sensitive." Bossert said malathion kills honeybees. "That's always bothered me," he added...
...Malathion helps control the elm leaf beetle, which eats elm leaves. Louis F. Wells, a spokesman for the Massachusetts pesticide board said yesterday. He said the chemical is "not highly hazardous," based on the findings of pesticide studies...
Keohan said B&G has used malathion for more than ten years. The pesticide has been used more extensively since the government banned DDI eight years ago, he added