Tag: herbicides

May 13, 2021

Weed-killing ingredient may drown bees

A chemical included in many common herbicides used around the world could suffocate and kill bumblebees. Edward Straw first read about the possibility that glyphosate, the most commonly used chemical...

June 26, 2017

Ecosystem medicine: Effective integrated vegetation management

Early in my career as a utility forester, I recommended a broadcast treatment of wetland-approved herbicides on a stand of red maple trees growing under a high voltage electric transmission...