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Some pesticides have been withdrawn from use: in these cases, the information about use describes what the pesticide used to be used for.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	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	37
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		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)