Agriculture
- Canadian Government To Review 23 Pesticides Banned In Europe
Have any plan of what percentage chemicals are introduced into our environments since WWII? A half-decade agone, the count* was over eighty,000. Some square measure used for large atomic number 47, some square measure in medicines and processed foods,...
- Gmos And Pesticides Create Super-pests
One of the expected advantages to genetically modified crops is their proposed ability to withstand onslaughts from weeds and other pests that could damage or destroy crops. Unfortunately, that?s not the way mother nature works. Yes, these crops may be...
- Understanding Common House And Garden Insecticides
Pesticides include any substances used to kill, control or repel pests. We use pesticides almost every day, from ant and roach sprays for the kitchen, to weed killers for the lawn, mildew cleaners for the bathroom and mosquito repellents outdoors. Pesticides...
- Scientific Truth About Agri Biotechnology
NASIR BUTT Introduction of new technologies has always been resisted in any field by the people who are the beneficiaries of the status-quo and those afraid of any new technology. Same thing is happening to agriculture in Pakistan and there is heated...
- A Vegetable Garden At Home
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Agriculture
Top 10 Home and Garden Pesticides
Most Commonly Used Conventional Pesticide Active Ingredients
Home and Garden Market Sector, 2001 and 1999 Estimates 
(Ranked by Range in Millions of Pounds of Active Ingredient)
(Ranked by Range in Millions of Pounds of Active Ingredient)
2,4-D
Glyphosate
Pendimethalin
Diazinon
MCPP
Carbaryl
Dicamba
Malathion
DCPA
Benefin
Note: Does not include moth controls: Paradiclorobenzene (30 - 35 million pounds per year) and naphthaline (2 - 4 million pounds per year). Also does not include insect repellent N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide (5 - 7 millions pounds per year).
H indicates herbicide and I, insecticide. NA indicates that an estimate is not available.
Source: EPA proprietary data. EPA Sales and Usage data. - Canadian Government To Review 23 Pesticides Banned In Europe
Have any plan of what percentage chemicals are introduced into our environments since WWII? A half-decade agone, the count* was over eighty,000. Some square measure used for large atomic number 47, some square measure in medicines and processed foods,...
- Gmos And Pesticides Create Super-pests
One of the expected advantages to genetically modified crops is their proposed ability to withstand onslaughts from weeds and other pests that could damage or destroy crops. Unfortunately, that?s not the way mother nature works. Yes, these crops may be...
- Understanding Common House And Garden Insecticides
Pesticides include any substances used to kill, control or repel pests. We use pesticides almost every day, from ant and roach sprays for the kitchen, to weed killers for the lawn, mildew cleaners for the bathroom and mosquito repellents outdoors. Pesticides...
- Scientific Truth About Agri Biotechnology
NASIR BUTT Introduction of new technologies has always been resisted in any field by the people who are the beneficiaries of the status-quo and those afraid of any new technology. Same thing is happening to agriculture in Pakistan and there is heated...
- A Vegetable Garden At Home
. ...