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Two large Japanese food manufacturers have found insecticide in their instant noodles, triggering a food scare.

Environmentalists are concerned that an insecticide is being used to kill lions and other predators in Kenya.

Malaria often kills more displaced people than the violence they were fleeing in the first place, write Chris and Xand Van Tulleken.

Mosquitoes' thirst for sugar could prove to be the answer for eliminating malaria and other mosquito-transmitted diseases, say scientists.

With mortality rates higher than 20 years ago, what can we do to prevent becoming ill with malaria?

Household insecticides may increase the risk of acute childhood leukaemia, a French study says.

Parliamentarians and councillors in Mali call for a ban on anti-locust pesticides which they say are endangering health.

Fine combing of wet hair is far more effective than chemical lotions for eliminating head lice, say researchers.

The battle to control disease-spreading mosquitoes could be boosted after scientists found out how some strains beat insecticides.

Simple insecticide treated nets could help reduce the human toll of malaria across Africa, campaigners say.

Exposure to some insecticides may cause a cascade of chemical events in the brain that could lead to Parkinson's Disease, researchers have found.

About 100,000 fish are killed when insecticide is leaked into a Lincolnshire river.

The genetic codes of both the malaria parasite and the mosquito that spreads it to people have been deciphered by scientists.

Farmers are losing ground in the war against common agricultural pests as insects become hardened to chemical sprays, say scientists.

An immediate ban on the sale of leading insecticides is announced by the government amid claims they could cause cancer.

The impact of floods in 2000 continues to devastate Mozambique as it launches an emergency insecticide programme to curb malaria.

The BBC's Mike Donkin examines South Africa's use of the controversial DDT insecticide against malaria as Mozambique struggles to fight the disease without it.

Concern mounts that bugs can evolve after becoming immune to natural insecticides in genetically-modified corn

Concern mounts that bugs can evolve after becoming immune to natural insecticides in genetically-modified corn

Women exposed to DDT, the insecticide effective in controlling malaria, may be more likely to have premature births.

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