Connecticut is among several states that uses the herbicide Diquat to combat hydrilla, an invasive plant species that grows ...

An herbicide used to treat hydrilla, an invasive plant in Connecticut lakes, ponds and rivers, has recently been the target ...

Connecticut is among several states that uses the herbicide Diquat to combat hydrilla, an invasive plant species that grows ...

CT officials and advocates say the negative social media posts are misleading and harmful to a project that has taken years ...

Applications are expected to be made in Middletown, Chester, Lyme, Portland, Deep River, East Haddam and East Hampton.

Diquat, a non-selective herbicide banned for use in some countries, is being used to fight hydrilla at 12 sites on the Connecticut River.

Most shockingly, diquat was dubbed "the worst offender" of the four weed killers. "It is 200 times more chronically toxic than glyphosate, is classified as a highly hazardous pesticide, and is banned ...

Environmental advocates are raising concerns over the state’s plan to use a controversial herbicide to combat the spread of ...

Locals raised concerns over an herbicide used to kill an invasive aquatic plant in Connecticut rivers and lakes.

People should be asking questions. This process was set up to give people that opportunity,” Charamut said. “But get your ...

Hydrilla verticillata, known simply as hydrilla, is native to India. It was introduced in the United States in the 1950s as an aquarium plant but, since then, it has escaped into the local waterways ...

That research led Webby to discover that diquat is banned in the European Union, and that it can have toxic effects on other aquatic plants and wildlife besides hydrilla.