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

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

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 plant hydrilla in 12 ...

Hydrilla, an invasive plant that can choke waterways, was first identified in the river in 2016 in Glastonbury.

According to the EPA, diquat “rapidly adheres to soil particles,” which makes it unlikely to leach into drinking water.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will start injecting diquat dibromide, an herbicide banned in the European Union, into ...

MIDDLESEX COUNTY — Eighteen legislators are condemning what they say are “false and misleading” social media posts surrounding the safety of using diquat and other herbicides to kill ...

And in addition to killing hydrilla, a program goal, according to the Army Corps, is to avoid killing native plant species, such as eelgrass.

A noxious aquatic weed has been identified as a suspect in the deaths of one of America’s most iconic symbols of freedom, the bald eagle. The suspected culprit, hydrilla verticillata — or as ...

When it was first discovered, TLAC used a herbicide to kill the hydrilla where it was growing which proved to be expensive. In 2012, TLAC spent $150,000 to treat 189 acres of hydrilla with herbicide.

They claim they’re only spraying hydrilla, but they’re nuking the pepper grass and everything else. It’s why our lakes have gotten dirtier over the past 15 years than any time before. It’s ...