SYNTHETIC PESTICIDES (ECOTOXICOLOGY)

Table of contents :


  • virucides
  • bactericides
  • nematicides
  • algaecides
  • fungicides
  • herbicides
  • herbicide safeners 
  • plant activators
  • growth regulators
  • molluscicides
  • insect attractants
  • insect repellants
  • insecticides
  • piscicides
  • avicides
  • bird repellents
  • mammal repellents
  • rodenticides
  • mating disrupters 
  • synergists
  • antifeedants
  • chemosterilants
  • miscellaneous


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  • pesticides (including polychlorinated organic compounds (PCOCs)) : a poison used to destroy pests of any sort. > 10,000 different pesticides exist, only 600-800 of which are used, for a total of 12,000 commercialized combinations. Nowadays they need very long sperimentation before introduction to the market and it has became very expensive for firms to patent new pesticides => very old products are used. Acute toxicity has the same target organs (CNS, liver, kidney and eventually skin and mucosae) as for many other chemicals, but is far higher as they were designed to be poisons. Most laboratory tests are not available as kit manufacture is poorly remunerative (tests are not so common). Nowadays accidents are quite rare and the actual exposed subjects are manufacturers and consumers eating foods contaminated by trace amounts of pesticides.