List of pesticides

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

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);

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Some pesticides have been withdrawn from use: in these cases, the information about use describes what the pesticide used to be used for.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

• for the European Union, the Plant Protection Products Directive (91/414/EEC) and the Biocidal Products Directive (98/8/EC);
• for the United States, information on pesticide reregistration status from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Name	CAS number	Primary use	Secondary use	Chemical class	PDS	Approvals
						EU	US
Alachlor	15972-60-8	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	37	✔
DDT		insecticide		organochlorine	21	✖
Deet	134-62-3	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	50-65-7	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	✖
Pirimphos-methyl		insecticide	acaricide	organophosphorus	49	✔
Propachlor		herbicide		acetanilide	78	✖
Propoxur		insecticide	acaricide	carbamate	25	✖
Pyrethrins		insecticide	insect repellant	chrysanthemic acid ester	11	✔
Resmethrin		insecticide		pyrethroid	83	✖
Sodium fluoroacetate	62-74-8	rodenticide	insecticide	fluoroacetate	16
2,4,5-T		herbicide		chlorophenoxy	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	✔

External links

• National Pesticide Information Center (United States)
• Database on Active Substances (European Union)