PPT-Pesticides Pesticides Any chemical, natural or human-made

Pesticides Pesticides Any chemical natural or humanmade that is designed to kill another organism Definitions Using that broad definition There are hundreds of thousands of pesticides in the natural environment. Pesticide Management. Pesticide Management. History of Pesticides. The first pesticides developed 4500 years ago: crop dusting with elemental sulfur.. Modern pesticides. Main development/discovery period, 1870’s to 1945. . 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?. 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 mid-nineteenth century there began to be success using chemicals such as pyrethrum and Bordeaux mixture (copper sulfate, lime and water.). 1. History of Pesticides. The first pesticides developed 4500 years ago: crop dusting with elemental sulfur.. Modern pesticides. Main development/discovery period, 1870’s to 1945. . DDT first synthesized in 1874, used as a pesticide in 1939, became the most widely used pesticide in the world. . Matthew T. Martin, . Ph.D.. National Center for Computational Toxicology . Office of Research & Development. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. RTP, . NC 27711. Email: . martin.matt@epa.gov. – 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. Give an estimate of the current world population.. Can you think of any problems caused by an increase in human population? . Food, oxygen and water.. Quick Question. 7,253,730,323 (in August 2014). Increased demand for food, increased pollution ……. 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 mid-nineteenth century there began to be success using chemicals such as pyrethrum and Bordeaux mixture (copper sulfate, lime and water.). 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. Was I Exposed? . Was the Cure Worse?. Omowunmi (‘Wunmi) Osinubi, MD, M.Sc., MBA, FRCA.. Associate Professor (Adjunct) . Department of Occupational and Environmental Health . University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey -School of Public Health. Communicable Disease Program. Bed Bugs 101 - Overview. Brief History. The Bug. How Do you Know You Have Bed Bugs?. Control Measures. Risks of Pesticide Misuse. Bed bugs in Schools and Child Care. Useful References. POS. - . fertilizers and soil nutrients. - . chemical and biological controls. . K3-. describe and interpret the consequences of using herbicides, pesticides and biological controls in agriculture and forestry . 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. 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. .