Alicea Charamut, executive director of Rivers Alliance of Connecticut, responds to the comments of constituents who are angry about the use of diquat in the Connecticut River, on July 18 in Deep River ...

Throughout this summer, a debate has raged along the Connecticut River over a little known but widely used chemical herbicide: diquat. The controversy kicked off in June when the U.S. Army Corps of ...

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U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and a coalition of state lawmakers, environmental groups, and advocates gathered Friday along the Connecticut River to counter what they called misinformation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Connecticut River Hydrilla Control Research and Demonstration Project planned to use Diquat, a herbicide that is toxic to ...

In the United States, diquat is used everywhere—from the potato fields of the Pacific Northwest to the watersheds of New England and the weeds wilting along suburban sidewalks. Approved by the ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers this week announced its intention to move forward with plans to use diquat and other chemical herbicides to combat a highly invasive strain of hydrilla along the ...

MIDDLESEX COUNTY — The Army Corps of Engineers will begin the controversial spraying of herbicides, including diquat, which is banned in Europe, as part of a project to control the invasive aquatic ...

The Connecticut River Hydrilla Control Research and Demonstration Project planned to use Diquat, a herbicide that is toxic to humans, to treat the invasive plant species hydrilla. The project treated ...