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  2. Pesticide - Wikipedia

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    The word pesticide derives from the Latin pestis (plague) and caedere (kill). [5]The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has defined pesticide as: . 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 ...

  3. Alternatives to pesticides - Wikipedia

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    Pages for logged out editors learn more. Contributions; Talk; Alternatives to pesticides

  4. Insecticide - Wikipedia

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    In 2016 insecticides were estimated to account for 18% of worldwide pesticide sales. [2] Worldwide sales of insecticides in 2018 were estimated as $ 18.4 billion, of which 25% were neonicotinoids, 17% were pyrethroids, 13% were diamides, and the rest were many other classes which sold for less than 10% each of the market.

  5. Cash-strapped US farmers switch to generic crop chemicals, in ...

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    Nearly one-third of all the pesticides and fungicides that Paul Butler uses on his Illinois soybean and corn farm are generic to help him cut costs in a tight year, he said. Fellow Illinois grain ...

  6. Pyrethrin - Wikipedia

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    Pyrethrins and Pyrethroids Fact Sheet - National Pesticide Information Center; Pyrethrins and pyrethroids on the EXTOXNET; Pyrethrin and Permethrin Toxicity in Dogs and Cats; Wagner, S. L. (2000). "Fatal asthma in a child after use of an animal shampoo containing pyrethrin". The Western Journal of Medicine. 173 (2): 86–7. doi:10.1136/ewjm.173 ...

  7. Biopesticide - Wikipedia

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    the EU, defines biopesticides as "a form of pesticide based on micro-organisms or natural products". [ 4 ] the US EPA states that they "include naturally occurring substances that control pests (biochemical pesticides), microorganisms that control pests (microbial pesticides), and pesticidal substances produced by plants containing added ...

  8. List of herbicides - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of herbicides.These are chemical compounds which have been registered as herbicides.The names on the list are the ISO common name for the active ingredient which is formulated into the branded product sold to end-users. [1]

  9. Pesticides in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Pesticide Data Program, [23] a program started by the United States Department of Agriculture is the largest tester of pesticide residues on food sold in the United States. It began in 1991 and tests food for the presence of various pesticides and if they exceed EPA tolerance levels for samples collected close to the point of consumption.

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