PPT-Pesticides and the Environment

Kelly Hammond History As early as 1000 BC mankind has attempted to control pests The Greek poet Homer cited sulfur as an early insecticide The Chinese used arsenic as an insecticide by 900 AD By the midnineteenth century there began to be success using chemicals such as pyrethrum and Bordeaux mixture copper sulfate lime and water. ORGANISATION REPRESENTED PRINCIPAL MEMBER ALTERNATE MEMBER Dy. Assistant Director General (PFA)Assistant Director General (PFA) 24Food Safety and Standa Human Health and the Environment. What is a Pesticide?. A pesticide is any substance or mixture of substances intended for:. Preventing,. Destroying,. Repelling, or. Mitigating. PESTS!. What is a Pest?. Dr. Cora J. Young. Assistant Professor. Department of Chemistry. Memorial University. What are Pesticides?. Imadocloprid. DDT. Atrazine. Glyphosate . Trifluralin. Diverse chemical structures. Used to manage. – how we control their use (or don’t). and why that matters to human and ecosystem health. Warren Bell BA MD CM CCFP FCFP. Past Founding President. Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment. Oceans and Atmosphere. Sharon Hook. | Senior Research Scientist. 2 August 2016. Modern use pesticides| Sharon.Hook@csiro.au. 2. |. Organophoshate. pesticides. malathion, parathion, . diazinon. , . 28 SHS. Augusta, ME 04333-0028. 207-287-7545. gary.fish@maine.gov. I am not here to defend or indict pesticides. I will try to outline the latest research findings. I am not a bee or CCD expert by any means. Gary Fish. Maine Board of Pesticides Control. gary.fish@maine.gov . 287-2731. May only use pesticides registered by Maine BPC. A . registered . dispensary or primary caregiver . may not use a pesticide on marijuana . 28 State House Station. Augusta ME 04333-0028. (207)287-2731. pesticides@maine.gov. What are . p. esticides?. Bleaches, . Lysol. , pine oil . Weed & Feed, . Roundup. Rat & mouse baits . Plant disease controls. La gamme de thé MORPHEE vise toute générations recherchant le sommeil paisible tant désiré et non procuré par tout types de médicaments. Essentiellement composé de feuille de morphine, ce thé vous assurera d’un rétablissement digne d’un voyage sur . Pesticides Pesticides Any chemical, natural or human-made , that is designed to kill another organism. Definitions Using that broad definition There are hundreds of thousands of pesticides in the natural environment. Pesticides and the Environment Kelly Hammond History As early as 1000 BC mankind has attempted to control pests. The Greek poet Homer cited sulfur as an early insecticide. The Chinese used arsenic as an insecticide by 900 AD. in Developing Countries Yene T. Belayneh, Ph.D., Technical AdvisorJoe Vorgetts, Ph.D., Technical CoordinatorUSAID/AFR/SD/CMRybelayneh@afr-sd.org jvorgetts@afr-sd.org OECD-FAO-UNEP Workshop on Obsolete Pesticides. M.Sc. II semester Zoology. PESTICIDES. Historical Background. A pesticide is any substance intended for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating any pest. . They are usually define according to the pest they are intended for: insecticides, fungicides, . chemical, . natural. or . human-made. , that is designed to kill another . organism.. Definitions. . Using that broad . definition. There . are . hundreds . of thousands of pesticides in the natural environment. .