Pest Control Products

Arrington, L. G. World Survey of Pest Control Products US Department of Commerce Washington, DC US Government Printing Office, 1956. 

Each insecticide, fungicide, rodenticide, herbicide, or other pest control product must be registered with the State Bureau of Chemistry as an economic poison before being offered for sale in California. Registration may be refused, after hearing, for a product that is of little or no value for the purpose intended, or that is detrimental to vegetation (except weeds), to domestic animals, or to the public health and safety, when properly used. 

Pest-control chemicals, 13 282 Pest Control Products Act (Canada), 18 542 Pesticidal activity, screening programs for, 14 342... 

The Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) in the USA and the Pest Control Products Act (PCPA) in Canada mandate that potential risks to infants and small children be specifically addressed. When assessing the food use of a pesticide, in order to assure that there is a reasonable certainty that no harm will result to infants and children from aggregate exposure to the pesticide s chemical residues , the FQPA and PCPA in the case of threshold effects call for an additional tenfold margin of safety for the pesticide chemical residue and other sources of exposure to be applied to estimating risks to infants and children. A different margin of safety may be used only if, on the basis of reliable data, such a margin will be safe for infants and children. In Canada, these same requirements also apply to non-food-use pesticides. 

Bremmer H.J., W.M. Blom, P.H. van Hoeven-Arentzen, M.T.M. van Raaij, E.H. F.M. Straetmans, M.P. van Veen and J.G.M. van Engelen (2002b). Pest Control Products Fact Sheet to Assess the Risk for the Consumer, RIVM Report No. 613340.003, RIVM, Bilthoven, The Netherlands. 

Precautions Since humans do not have the same chemical processes as insects, insect growth regulators are considered among the safest of pest-control products. They don t irritate the skin or eyes, and since the growthregulating hormones must be eaten by the pests to be effective, they are not as likely to affect beneficial and nontarget insects. 

For many years, botanical insecticides have been a mainstay in the arsenal of organic pest control products. As a group, botanicals share one advantage over synthetic chemical pesticides They usually break down within a few days after they are applied. This means that beneficial species are at risk for only a relatively short period. There s also less likelihood of long-term environmental contamination. Plus, botanicals are less likely to persist os residues on harvested food. 

Finally, a utopian goal for resistance management would be to stem the increasing tide of resistance to most chemical pest control products. Instead of experiencing an effective life of 5-15 years until a compound is rendered ineffective, we might see these products last for longer periods--up to 50 years or more--under a better resistance management scenario. This would allow time to develop other, more safe and effective products. Too often... 

The viewpoints expressed herein generally reflect those of the agricultural chemical industry as represented by NACA. NACA is a non-profit trade organization located in Washington, DC and represents those companies who manufacture and formulate pest control products employed in agricultural production. 

Homeowners in the US use over one billion pounds of commercial pesticides each year. Often, though, the potential harm pests cause in the home is outweighed by the toxicity of the chemicals in these pesticide products powders, for example, can irritate the lungs, even if the product is not labeled as toxic (it s important to note that you should always read the label of any pest control product). And not all creatures that come into our homes and yards are pests. Some, such as spiders, can be beneficial as they eat flies and mosquitoes, while wasps kill many garden pests. 

Review of Present Legislation. In Canada, the primary federal acts that have been developed for the regulation of chemicals and which could potentially be utilized to regulate biotechnology are the Pest Control Products Act (PCP Act), the Food and Drugs Act (F D Act) and the Environmental Contaminants Act (EC Act). 

All pesticides used in Kenya are imported, averaging out at 7300 tonnes annually according to the Kenyan Pest Control Products Board, although there are large fluctuations between years, the smuggling of pesticides is a problem and the... 

The main authority for regulation of pesticides in Canada resides in two Acts of Parliament, the Pest Control Products Act, administered by Agriculture Canada, and the Food and Drugs Act, administered by Health and Welfare Canada. This dichotomy of authority necessitates close cooperation between the two departments. In addition, various other acts address such aspects as water quality, fisheries, wildlife, etc., with respect to pesticides. 

There are no listed requirements for submission of toxicity data to support registration in Canada. However, the Acts place the onus on petitioners to submit data to support the safety of their pest control products. Thus considerable latitude exists with respect to the toxicology data base which may be required for any particular compound. 

Knowledge of the specific structures of insect pheromones has permitted their chemical synthesis, allowing their commercial use for the suppression of pest populations by mating disruption (5) (Figure 1). The practical use of pheromone-based pest control products typically takes one of two forms. Either the pheromones are used as discrete baits in traps so that males are drawn into the traps and removed... 

PCP Pest Control Product Act, 1972 (Canada) RSD research and development... 

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