Beetle pesticide ruling may come today

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Posted by eivindm | Posted in Diseases and pesticides, North America | Posted on 19-09-2009

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A state subcommittee is scheduled to consider today whether the U.S. Department of Agriculture may use larger-than-usual amounts of a chemical pesticide in soil treatments in Central Massachusetts starting in spring 2010 as part of an effort to protect trees from the Asian longhorned beetle.

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