List of pesticides

any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying or controlling any pest, including vectors of human or animal disease, unwanted species of plants or animals causing harm during or otherwise interfering with the production, processing, storage, transport or marketing of food, agricultural commodities, wood and wood products or animal feedstuffs, or substances which may be administered to animals for the control of insects, arachnids or other pests in or on their bodies. The term includes substances intended for use as a plant growth regulator, defoliant, desiccant or agent for thinning fruit or preventing the premature fall of fruit, and substances applied to crops either before or after harvest to protect the commodity from deterioration during storage and transport.

It includes those pesticides that

are the subject of a Pesticide Data Sheet (PDS) issued by the FAO and the World Health Organization (WHO);
are restricted from global trade under the Rotterdam Convention,^[2] the Stockholm Convention^[3] or the Montreal Protocol;^[4]
have a CIPAC code number assigned by the Collaborative International Pesticides Analytical Council (partial coverage);^[5]
are approved for use in the European Union under the Plant Protection Products Directive^[6]^{[note 1]} (partial coverage);

The list does not include

products that are only used as bactericides (eg, disinfectants) although, if a pesticide has a secondary use as a bactericide, this is noted;
living organisms;
compounds whose pesticidal use is very minor in comparison to other industrial uses, for example acetic acid (approved as a herbicide in the EU).

List

Where information is given about approval status, this refers to approval for agricultural or industrial use. Some pesticides may no longer be approved for widespread (ie, agricultural or industrial) use but are still in use in more restricted circumstances: examples include DDT (for public health purposes) and lindane (for medical use). In addition, many jurisdictions (in particular the European Union) may restrict the use of individual pesticides to certain applications or crops. Data on approvals has been taken from,

for the European Union, the Plant Protection Products Directive (91/414/EEC)^[6]^{[note 1]} and the Biocidal Products Directive (98/8/EC);^[7]
for the United States, information on pesticide reregistration status from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).^[8]

A

Name	CAS number	Primary use	Secondary use	Chemical class	PDS	Approvals
Name	CAS number	Primary use	Secondary use	Chemical class	PDS	EU	US	Int.
Abamectin		insecticide	acaricide, nematicide, anthelmenthic	avamectin	—	✔		—
Acephate		insecticide		organophosphorus	—	✖	✔ ^{[note 2]}	—
Acetamiprid		insecticide			—	✔		—
Alachlor	15972-60-8	herbicide		acetanilide	86	✖	✔ ^{[note 3]}	^{[note 4]}
Aldicarb		insecticide	acaricide, nematicide	carbamate	53	✖	✔	^{[note 4]}
Aldrin	309-00-2	insecticide	acaricide	organochlorine	41	✖	✖	RS
Amitrole		herbicide	plant growth regulator	triazine	79	✔	✔	—
Atrazine		herbicide		triazine	82	✖	✔ ^{[note 5]}	—
Azinphos-ethyl		insecticide	acaricide	organophosphorus	72	✖		—
Azinphos-methyl		insecticide	acaricide	organophosphorus	59	✖	✔	—

B

Name	CAS number	Primary use	Secondary use	Chemical class	PDS	Approvals
Name	CAS number	Primary use	Secondary use	Chemical class	PDS	EU	US	Int.
Bendiocarb		insecticide	molluscicide, nematicide	carbamate	52	✖		—
Benomyl		systemic fungicide	acaricide, mite ovicide	benzimidazole carbamate	87	✖		R
Binapacryl	485-31-4	fungicide	acaricide	dinitrophenol		✖		R
Bioresmethrin		insecticide		chrysanthemic acid ester	34	✖		—
Bis(tributyltin) oxide		fungicide	molluscicide, algicide, bactericide	organotin	65	✖		^{[note 4]}
Brodifacoum		rodenticide		coumarin	57	✖		—
Bromadiolone		rodenticide		coumarin	88	✖		—
Bromophos		insecticide	acaricide	organophosphorus	76	✖		—

C

Name	CAS number	Primary use	Secondary use	Chemical class	PDS	Approvals
Name	CAS number	Primary use	Secondary use	Chemical class	PDS	EU	US	Int.
Camphechlor		insecticide	acaricide	organochlorine	20	✖		—
Captafol	2939-80-2	fungicide		phthalimide		✖		R
Captan		fungicide		sulfenimide	9	✔		—
Carbaryl		insecticide		carbamate	3	✖		—
Carbendazim		fungicide		benzimidazole carbamate	89	✔		—
Carbofuran		insecticide	nematicide	carbamate	56	✖		R
Chlordane		insecticide		organochlorine	36	✖		RS ^{[note 6]}
Chlordecone	143-50-0	insecticide		organochlorine		✖	✖	S ^{[note 7]}
Chlordimeform	6164-98-3	acaricide	insecticide			✖		R
Chlorobenzilate	510-15-6	acaricide	insecticide	organochlorine		✖	✖	R
Chlorofacinone		rodenticide		indanedione derivative	62	✖		—
Chlorphoxim		insecticide		organophosphorus	32			—
Chlorpyrifos		insecticide	acaricide	organophosphorus	18	✔		—
Chlorpyrifos-methyl		insecticide		organophosphorus	33	✔		—
Cypermethrin		insecticide		pyrethroid	58	✔		—

D

Name	CAS number	Primary use	Secondary use	Chemical class	PDS	Approvals
Name	CAS number	Primary use	Secondary use	Chemical class	PDS	EU	US	Int.
2,4-D		herbicide		chlorophenoxy	37	✔		—
DDT		insecticide		organochlorine	21	✖		RS
Deet	134-62-3	insect repellant		toluamide	80	^{[note 8]}		—
Deltamethrin		insecticide		pyrethroid	50	✔		—
Demeton		insecticide	acaricide	organophosphorus	60			—
Demeton-S-methyl		insecticide	acaricide	organophosphorus	61	✖		—
Diazinon		insecticide	ectoparasiticide, nematicide	organophosphorus	45	✖		—
Dichlorvos		insecticide	acaricide, nematicide	organophosphorus	2	✖		—
Dicofol		acaricide		organochlorine	81	✖		—
Dieldrin		insecticide	acaricide	organochlorine	17	✖		RS ^{[note 9]}
Diflubenzuron		insect growth regulator		benzoylphenyl urea	77	✔		—
Dimethoate		insecticide	acaricide	organophosphorus	42	✔		—
Dinoseb	88-85-7	herbicide		dinitrophenol		✖		R
Dinitro-ortho-cresol	534-52-1	herbicide		dinitrophenol		✖		R
Diquat		dessicant	herbicide	bipyridinium	40	✔		—
Disulfoton		insecticide	acaricide	organophosphorus	68	✖		—

E

Name	CAS number	Primary use	Secondary use	Chemical class	PDS	Approvals
Name	CAS number	Primary use	Secondary use	Chemical class	PDS	EU	US	Int.
Endosulfan		insecticide	acaricide	organochlorine	15	✖		^{[note 4]}
Endrin		insecticide	acaricide, rodenticide	organochlorine	1	✖		S
Ethoprophos		nematicide	insecticide	organophosphorus	70	✔		—
Ethylene dibromide	106-93-4	insecticidal fumigant		alkyl halide		✖		R
Ethylene oxide	75-21-8	fungicide	bactericide	epoxide		✖		R

F

Name	CAS number	Primary use	Secondary use	Chemical class	PDS	Approvals
Name	CAS number	Primary use	Secondary use	Chemical class	PDS	EU	US	Int.
Fenamiphos		nematicide	insecticide	organophosphorus	92	✔		—
Fenitrothion		insecticide	acaricide	organophosphorus	30	✖		—
Fensulfothion		insecticide	nematicide	organophosphorus	44			—
Fenthion		insecticide	avicide, acaricide	organophosphorus	23	✖		—
Fentins		fungicide	molluscicide	organotin	22	✖		—
Fenvalerate		insecticide		pyrethroid	90	✖		—
Fluoroacetamide	640-19-8	rodenticide		fluoroacetate		✖		R

G–L

Name	CAS number	Primary use	Secondary use	Chemical class	PDS	Approvals
Name	CAS number	Primary use	Secondary use	Chemical class	PDS	EU	US	Int.
Glyphosate		herbicide		organophosphonate	91	✔		—
Heptachlor		insecticide		organochlorine	19	✖		RS ^{[note 10]}
Hexachlorobenzene		fungicide		organochlorine	26	✖		RS ^{[note 11]}
Hexachlorocyclohexane		insecticide		organochlorine		✖		RS ^{[note 7]}
Iodofenphos		insecticide	acaricide	organophosphorus	43	✖		—
Leptophos		insecticide	fungicide	organophosphorus	38			—
Lindane		insecticide	acaricide, rodenticide, vermifuge	organochlorine	12	✖		RS ^{[note 7]}

M

Name	CAS number	Primary use	Secondary use	Chemical class	PDS	Approvals
Name	CAS number	Primary use	Secondary use	Chemical class	PDS	EU	US	Int.
Malathion		insecticide	acaricide	organophosphorus	29	✖		—
Mancozeb		fungicide		dithiocarbamate	94	✔		—
Maneb		fungicide		dithiocarbamate	94	✔		—
Metaldehyde		molluscicide	control of fish, leeches and frogs	acetaldehyde polymer	93	✖		—
Methamidophos	10265-92-6	insecticide		organophosphorus		✖		R
Methomyl		insecticide	nematicide	carbamate	55	✔		—
Methoprene		insect growth regulator		juvenile hormone analogue	47	✖		—
Methoxychlor		insecticide	acaricide	organochlorine	28	✖		—
2-Methoxyethylmercury chloride		fungicide		organomercury	66	✖		R
Methyl bromide		insecticidal fumigant	acaricide, fungicide, nematicide, rodenticide	alkyl halide	5	✖		M
Mevinphos		insecticide	acaricide	organophosphorus	14	✖		—
Mirex	2385-85-5	insecticide		organochlorine		✖	✖	S ^{[note 12]}
Monocrotophos	6923-22-4	insecticide	acaricide	organophosphorus		✖	✖	R

N–O

Name	CAS number	Primary use	Secondary use	Chemical class	PDS	Approvals
Name	CAS number	Primary use	Secondary use	Chemical class	PDS	EU	US	Int.
Naled		insecticide	acaricide, fungicide	organophosphorus	39	✖		—
Niclosamide	50-65-7	molluscicide	anthelminthic, lampricide	chloronitrophenol derivative	63			—
Nitrofen		herbicide		diphenyl ether	84	✖		—
Oxamyl		insecticide	nematicide, acaricide	carbamate	54	✔		—

P

Name	CAS number	Primary use	Secondary use	Chemical class	PDS	Approvals
Name	CAS number	Primary use	Secondary use	Chemical class	PDS	EU	US	Int.
Paraquat		herbicide		bipyridinium	4	✖		—
Parathion		insecticide	acaricide, avicide	organophosphorus	6	✖		R
Parathion-methyl		insecticide	acaricide	organophosphorus	7	✖		R
Pentachlorophenol	87-86-5	fungicide	insecticide, herbicide	organochlorine		✖		R
Permethrin		insecticide		pyrethroid	51	✖		—
Phenothrin		insecticide		pyrethroid	85	✖		—
Phenthroate		insecticide	acaricide, scalicide, thripicide	organophosphorus	48	✖		—
Phorate		insecticide	acaricide, nematicide	organophosphorus	75	✖		—
Phosphamidon		insecticide	acaricide	organophosphorus	74	✖		R
Phosphine		insecticidal fumigant	rodenticide	phosphide	46	^{[note 13]}		—
Phoxim		insecticide		organophosphorus	31	✖		—
Pirimphos-methyl		insecticide	acaricide	organophosphorus	49	✔		—
Propachlor		herbicide		acetanilide	78	✖		—
Propoxur		insecticide	acaricide	carbamate	25	✖		—
Pyrethrins		insecticide	insect repellant	chrysanthemic acid ester	11	✔		—

Q–S

Name	CAS number	Primary use	Secondary use	Chemical class	PDS	Approvals
Name	CAS number	Primary use	Secondary use	Chemical class	PDS	EU	US	Int.
Resmethrin		insecticide		pyrethroid	83	✖		—
Sodium fluoroacetate	62-74-8	rodenticide	insecticide	fluoroacetate	16			—

T

Name	CAS number	Primary use	Secondary use	Chemical class	PDS	Approvals
Name	CAS number	Primary use	Secondary use	Chemical class	PDS	EU	US	Int.
2,4,5-T		herbicide		chlorophenoxy	13	✖		R
Temephos		insecticide		organophosphorus	8	✖		—
Thallium sulfate		rodenticide	insecticide	thallium salt	10	✖		—
Thiometon		insecticide	acaricide	organophosphorus	67	✖		—
Thiram		fungicide	repellant and bacteriocide	dithiocarbamate	71	✔		R
Toxaphene	8000-35-2	insecticide		organochlorine		✖	✖	RS
Trichlorfon		insecticide	acaricide, anthelmenthic	organophosphorus	27	✖		—
Triphenmorph		molluscicide		morpholine derivative	64	✖		—

U–Y

Name	CAS number	Primary use	Secondary use	Chemical class	PDS	Approvals
Name	CAS number	Primary use	Secondary use	Chemical class	PDS	EU	US	Int.
Warfarin		rodenticide		coumarin	64	✔		—

Z

Name	CAS number	Primary use	Secondary use	Chemical class	PDS	Approvals
Name	CAS number	Primary use	Secondary use	Chemical class	PDS	EU	US	Int.
Zinc phosphide		rodenticide		phosphide	24	✖		—
Zineb		fungicide		dithiocarbamate	94	✖		—
Ziram		fungicide	animal repellant	dithiocarbamate	73	✔		—

Notes and references

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 As of December 2009, the Plant Protection Products Directive is in the process of being replaced by the Plant Protection Products Regulation (1107/2009).
↑ Subject to the restrictions in 40 C.F.R. 180.108.
↑ Subject to the restrictions in 40 C.F.R. 180.249.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 Alachlor, aldicarb and endosulfan have been proposed for addition to Annex III of the Rotterdam Convention.
↑ Subject to the restrictions in 40 C.F.R. 180.220.
↑ The Stockholm convention allows the use of chlordane as a termiticide (including in buildings, dams and roads) and as an additive in plywood adhesives; it may also be used as a local ectopariticide and insecticide (medical uses).
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 Stockholm Convention from 26 August 2010.
↑ Usage of deet does not fall under either the Plant Protection Products Directive or the Biocidal Products Directive: however deet is listed in the CLP Regulation (index no. 616-018-00-2) and deet-containing insect repellants are subject to assessment under the Dangerous Preparations Directive (1999/45/EC).
↑ The Stockholm Convention bans the production of dieldrin, but allows existing stocks to be used for agricultural purposes.
↑ The Stockholm Convention permits the use of existing heptachlor (no new production) as a termiticide, including in houses and underground.
↑ Production of hexachlorobenzene as a solvant and chemical intermediate is still permitted under the Stockholm Convention.
↑ The production of mirex by registered parties and its use as a termiticide are still permitted under the Stockholm Convention.
↑ Pending approval in the European Union (under the name of phosphane).

References

↑ International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides; Food and Agriculture Organization, 2002, <http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/AGRICULT/AGP/AGPP/Pesticid/Code/Download/code.pdf>.
↑ Annex III, Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, signed 10 Spetember 1998, as amended.
↑ Annexes A and B, Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, signed 23 May 2001, as amended.
↑ Art. 2H and Annex E, Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, signed 16 September 1987, as amended.
↑ Navigation in CIPAC Code Numbers; Collaborative International Pesticides Analytical Council, <http://www.cipac.org/cipacode/codenusu.htm>. (accessed 18 December 2009).
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, OJEU L230, 19.08.1991, pp 1–32, as amended.
↑ Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 1998 concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market, OJEU L123, 24.4.1998, pp 1–63.
↑ Pesticide Reregistration Status; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, <http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/reregistration/status.htm>. (accessed 17 December 2009).

External links

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[PPPD-7] 1.0 ^1.1 As of December 2009, the Plant Protection Products Directive is in the process of being replaced by the Plant Protection Products Regulation (1107/2009).

[10] Subject to the restrictions in 40 C.F.R. 180.108.

[11] Subject to the restrictions in 40 C.F.R. 180.249.

[RottProp-12] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 Alachlor, aldicarb and endosulfan have been proposed for addition to Annex III of the Rotterdam Convention.

[13] Subject to the restrictions in 40 C.F.R. 180.220.

[14] The Stockholm convention allows the use of chlordane as a termiticide (including in buildings, dams and roads) and as an additive in plywood adhesives; it may also be used as a local ectopariticide and insecticide (medical uses).

[StockNew-15] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 Stockholm Convention from 26 August 2010.

[16] Usage of deet does not fall under either the Plant Protection Products Directive or the Biocidal Products Directive: however deet is listed in the CLP Regulation (index no. 616-018-00-2) and deet-containing insect repellants are subject to assessment under the Dangerous Preparations Directive (1999/45/EC).

[17] The Stockholm Convention bans the production of dieldrin, but allows existing stocks to be used for agricultural purposes.

[18] The Stockholm Convention permits the use of existing heptachlor (no new production) as a termiticide, including in houses and underground.

[19] Production of hexachlorobenzene as a solvant and chemical intermediate is still permitted under the Stockholm Convention.

[20] The production of mirex by registered parties and its use as a termiticide are still permitted under the Stockholm Convention.

[pending-21] Pending approval in the European Union (under the name of phosphane).

[1] International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides; Food and Agriculture Organization, 2002, <http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/AGRICULT/AGP/AGPP/Pesticid/Code/Download/code.pdf>.

[2] Annex III, Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, signed 10 Spetember 1998, as amended.

[3] Annexes A and B, Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, signed 23 May 2001, as amended.

[4] Art. 2H and Annex E, Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, signed 16 September 1987, as amended.

[5] Navigation in CIPAC Code Numbers; Collaborative International Pesticides Analytical Council, <http://www.cipac.org/cipacode/codenusu.htm>. (accessed 18 December 2009).

[PPPD-text-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, OJEU L230, 19.08.1991, pp 1–32, as amended.

[8] Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 1998 concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market, OJEU L123, 24.4.1998, pp 1–63.

[9] Pesticide Reregistration Status; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, <http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/reregistration/status.htm>. (accessed 17 December 2009).

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