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Dousing Sprays: Potent, But Not Enough

The next time you are doused with water after passing a produce stand at the grocery store, don’t be upset: It may protect you from food-borne illness. For many years, grocery stores have applied light sprays to fruits and vegetables. In the past, this routine chore typically was entrusted to a produce-area employee, usually [...]

Safer, Cleaner Approaches to Pest Control

When there are holes dotting your prize rose bush leaves or an army of worms setting up camp on your tomatoes, don’t immediately pull out the pesticides. There may be a safer, easier way to handle pests in your yard or garden.

Dr. Wheeler Foshee, an Alabama Cooperative Extension System specialist in pesticide education, [...]