insecticide, definition of

A pesticide compound specifically used to kill or prevent the growth of insects.

• Canada moves to ban bee-killing pesticides
  Environmentalists scored a victory in Canada on Wednesday, securing restrictions on two pesticides that have been posing threats to bees and aquatic insects...
• EU approves complete ban on bee-killing insecticides
  In a monumental decision that has been years in the making, all member nations of the European Union have approved a total ban of neonicotinoids, the most widely used insecticide in the world and a well-documented danger to bees and other pollinators...
• Trump saved a toxic pesticide - and then it poisoned a bunch of farmworkers
  If President Donald Trump is waging a war on local farmworkers in California, he's winning. His Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) opened up the use of a pesticide called chlorpyrifos to agriculture in March, and then this month when at least 50 laborers...
• Millions of genetically modified mosquitoes may be released in Florida
    In an attempt to curb outbreaks of two devastating tropical diseases in the Florida Keys, the FDA is proposing the release of millions of genetically modified mosquitoes into the area...