PPT-Pesticides and Pollinators

A look at modern neurotoxins Pollinator losses not one thing Its Global Total managed honeybee losses in US running 25 per year since 2005 Monarch butterflies only 3 of historical Mexican wintering area now has butterflies. What are pesticides, and how do they effect the environment and people if improperly used?. Pesticides. are substances intended for preventing, destroying and repelling insects, weeds, rodents and fungus.. 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.). important in more ways than you might think. Pollination. Pollination. - When . pollen is moved within flowers or carried from flower to flower by . pollinating animals, the wind, or water.. About 80% of all plants are pollinated by . 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. 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. 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.). Outline. Importance of our environment. What is environmental degradation?. Water. Air. Harm or loss of beneficial insects. Conclusions. Importance of our environment. This is were we live, work, and play. Penn State Pesticide Education Program. extension.psu.edu/pesticide-education. Importance of Pollinators. Fruit and seed production needed for the survival of the majority of flowering plants in our environment.. 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 . . 2015 SAM FALL FORUM . . SITE ASSESSMENT AND MITIGATION PROGRAM. . October 13, 2015. 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. Liz Whiteford . Why do we need. Pollinators?. What do pollinators do?. The goal of all plants is to reproduce and, in order to do that, almost all need the help of pollinators. Pollinators help by moving pollen from the anthers of the flower to the stigma of the same flower or another flower of the same type. 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. .