CLIMATEWIRE | A little-known greenhouse gas is slowly building up in Earth’s atmosphere. And a large chunk of those emissions come from California, a state with otherwise aggressive greenhouse gas ...

Sulfuryl fluoride (SO 2 F 2), a gas commonly used to rid buildings of termites and other pests, is a greenhouse gas that remains in the atmosphere about 36 years, six to 10 times longer than ...

Part of the "Home Wreckers" series published in 1998. A giant fabric tarp is placed over the entire structure and fastened securely to the ground. Then poison gas is pumped into the home, killing ...

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A new study finds that as much as 85 percent of U.S. emissions of sulfuryl fluoride — a common pesticide — come from California. A little-known greenhouse gas is slowly building up in Earth’s ...

An insecticide used to fumigate termite-infested buildings is a strong greenhouse gas that lives in the atmosphere nearly 10 times longer than previously thought,new research has found. An insecticide ...

A: Yes, but I would hardly recommend them as a control method. Termites are one of the favorite foods of scorpions, but few people would want a houseful of scorpions as a termite deterrent. Another ...