Word: peste
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...past six years, the ivy on a block of seven buildings north of the Yard has been left unsprayed, as an experiment to see whether nature could control pests better than chemicals. The study is now complete and indicates that after a few years unsprayed ivy can be as pest-free as sprayed...
Buildings and Grounds has been spraying the ivy to combat this normally rare pest for some 40 years. Several biologists thought that the insecticides had been killing the moth's parasites more than the moths themselves. The biologists then asked B and G to test their hypothesis by leaving several buildings unsprayed...
...distribution of "any" substance deemed hazardous to health or the environment. It would set standards for noise abatement, enforce new ones for strip mining, establish a national policy to curb ocean pollution, and crack down on pesticides. The most dangerous chemicals would reach the public only through Government-approved pest-control consultants...
...tiny coffeepot of a station that does not require the Moog Synthesizer or fancy arrangements may get its custom image for as little as $690, or perhaps a combination of cash and commercial time. P. & T. gets reimbursed by reselling those commercial minutes to such spot clients as Orkin pest control, Safeway supermarkets, or STP ("is the racer's edge...
...trouble was caused by the fire ant, an agricultural pest that entered the U.S. from South America about 50 years ago and is now considered a problem in most Southeastern states. The fire ant erects mounds on cleared land; like natural tank traps, the mounds foul farm machinery. Worse, the ant has a stinging bite that plagues farmers and city dwellers and can even kill small animals...