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Washington, May 3, 2021 William Hart-Cooper, a research chemist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service, today was named a finalist for a Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal as an Emerging Leader in recognition of his pioneering work developing a new class of disinfectants and packaging that protect human health and reduce environmental pollution.
The awards, also known as the Sammies, are given each year to federal employees who have distinguished themselves by making people, the country and the world safer, healthier and stronger.
Hart-Cooper, with the Bioproducts Research Unit at the ARS Western Regional Research Center in Albany, California, is being recognized for his innovative new approach to formulating disinfectants and other products that provide long-term protection against pathogens and pests while dissolving into harmless components after disposal in water.
Droughts Longer, Rainfall More Erratic Over the Last Five Decades in Most of the West : USDA ARS
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New Website Documents Check Dams Fixing Erosion of Minor Channels in Southwest : USDA ARS
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Maricopa, Arizona, December 21, 2020 Genetically engineered cotton and classical pest control tactics combined to rid the United States and Northern Mexico of a devastating pest, according to a new study by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and University of Arizona (UofA) scientists published in the
For most of the past century, the pink bollworm was the major cotton pest in the Southwest. For decades, cotton growing in Arizona, California, Texas, and New Mexico was only possible because farmers sprayed pesticides an average of 12 times a year, nine specifically against pink bollworm. Some farmers sprayed as often as 25 times a year without reaching control. In 1990, pink bollworm cost cotton growers $48 million in Arizona alone.