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It 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.
 
It 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.
  
Some pesticides have been withdrawn from use: in these cases, the information about use describes what the pesticide ''used to be'' used for. 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]] (up until 2009, for medical use).
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Some pesticides have been withdrawn from use: in these cases, the information about use describes what the pesticide ''used to be'' used for. 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]] (up until 2009, 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,
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*for the European Union, the [[Plant Protection Products Directive]] (91/414/EEC)<ref group="note">As of December 2009, the Plant Protection Products Directive is in the process of being replaced by the [[Plant Protection Products Regulation]] (1107/2009).</ref> and the [[Biocidal Products Directive]] (98/8/EC);
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*for the United States, information on pesticide reregistration status from the U.S. [[Environmental Protection Agency]] (EPA).
  
 
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Revision as of 11:48, 16 December 2009

This list of pesticides is based on the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) definition of a pesticide.[1]

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

It 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.

Some pesticides have been withdrawn from use: in these cases, the information about use describes what the pesticide used to be used for. 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 (up until 2009, 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,

Name Primary use Secondary use Chemical class PDS
Alachlor herbicide   acetanilide 86
Aldicarb insecticide acaricide, nematicide carbamate 53
Aldrin insecticide acaricide organochlorine 41
Amitrole herbicide plant growth regulator triazine 79
Atrazine herbicide   triazine 82
Azinphos-ethyl insecticide acaricide organophosphorus 72
Azinphos-methyl insecticide acaricide organophosphorus 59
Bendiocarb insecticide molluscicide, nematicide carbamate 52
Benomyl systemic fungicide acaricide, mite ovicide benzimidazole carbamate 87
Bioresmethrin insecticide   chrysanthemic acid ester 34
Bis(tributyltin) oxide fungicide molluscicide, algicide, bactericide organotin 65
Brodifacoum rodenticide   coumarin 57
Bromadiolone rodenticide   coumarin 88
Bromophos insecticide acaricide organophosphorus 76
Camphechlor insecticide acaricide organochlorine 20
Captan fungicide   sulfenimide 9
Carbaryl insecticide   carbamate 3
Carbendazim fungicide   benzimidazole carbamate 89
Carbofuran insecticide nematicide carbamate 56
Chlordane insecticide   organochlorine 36
Chlorofacinone rodenticide   indanedione derivative 62
Chlorphoxim insecticide   organophosphorus 32
Chlorpyrifos insecticide acaricide organophosphorus 18
Chlorpyrifos-methyl insecticide   organophosphorus 33
Cypermethrin insecticide   pyrethroid 58
2,4-D herbicide   chlorophenoxy
DDT insecticide   organochlorine 21
Deet insect repellant   toluamide 80
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
Diflubenzuron insect growth regulator   benzoylphenyl urea 77
Dimethoate insecticide acaricide organophosphorus 42
Diquat dessicant herbicide bipyridinium 40
Disulfoton insecticide acaricide organophosphorus 68
Endosulfan insecticide acaricide organochlorine 15
Endrin insecticide acaricide, rodenticide organochlorine 1
Ethoprophos nematicide insecticide organophosphorus 70
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
Glyphosate herbicide   organophosphonate 91
Heptachlor insecticide   organochlorine 19
Hexachlorobenzene fungicide   organochlorine 26
Iodofenphos insecticide acaricide organophosphorus 43
Leptophos insecticide fungicide organophosphorus 38
Lindane insecticide acaricide, rodenticide, vermifuge organochlorine 12
Malathion insecticide acaricide organophosphorus 29
Mancozeb fungicide   dithiocarbamate 94
Maneb fungicide   dithiocarbamate 94
Metaldehyde molluscicide control of fish, leeches and frogs acetaldehyde polymer 93
Methomyl insecticide nematicide carbamate 55
Methoprene insect growth regulator   juvenile hormone analogue 47
Methoxychlor insecticide acaricide organochlorine 28
2-Methoxyethylmercury chloride fungicide   organomercury 66
Methyl bromide insecticidal fumigant acaricide, fungicide, nematicide, rodenticide alkyl halide 5
Mevinphos insecticide acaricide organophosphorus 14
Naled insecticide acaricide, fungicide organophosphorus 39
Niclosamide molluscicide anthelminthic, lampricide chloronitrophenol derivative 63
Nitrofen herbicide   diphenyl ether 84
Oxamyl insecticide nematicide, acaricide carbamate 54
Paraquat herbicide   bipyridinium 4
Parathion insecticide acaricide, avicide organophosphorus 6
Parathion-methyl insecticide acaricide organophosphorus 7
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
Phosphine insecticidal fumigant rodenticide phosphide 46
Phoxim insecticide   organophosphorus 31
Propachlor herbicide   acetanilide 78
Propoxur insecticide acaricide carbamate 25
Pyrethrins insecticide insect repellant chrysanthemic acid ester 11
Pirimphos-methyl insecticide acaricide organophosphorus 49
Resmethrin insecticide   pyrethroid 83
Sodium fluoroacetate rodenticide insecticide fluoroacetate 16
2,4,5-T herbicide   chlorinated phenoxy acid 13
Temephos insecticide   organophosphorus 8
Thallium sulfate rodenticide insecticide thallium salt 10
Thiometon insecticide acaricide organophosphorus 67
Thiram fungicide repellant and bacteriocide dithiocarbamate 71
Trichlorfon insecticide acaricide, anthelmenthic organophosphorus 27
Triphenmorph molluscicide   morpholine derivative 64
Warfarin rodenticide   coumarin 64
Zinc phosphide rodenticide   phosphide 24
Zineb fungicide   dithiocarbamate 94
Ziram fungicide animal repellant dithiocarbamate 73

Notes and references

Notes

  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).

References

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