{
  "id": 15039524,
  "title": "Essential oil sprays kill cockroaches on contact but offer little lasting control",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/essential-oil-sprays-kill-cockroaches-on-contact-but-offer-little",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-16T20:20:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-essential-oil-sprays-cockroaches-contact.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A German cockroach races across a kitchen floor. Someone grabs a bottle of essential oil spray, soaks the insect and watches it die. The product worked, but a new University of Kentucky study suggests the larger infestation probably did not notice.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}