Overuse of insecticides slammed

By Gregor Heard
Updated July 20 2016 - 11:05am, first published 10:59am

A VISITING US entomologist has slammed Australia’s use of insecticide seed dressings as a prophylactic treatment saying the treatments may be doing more harm than good by killing off beneficial insect species.

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