2. Pest Control Is A Global
Problem
• Now a days pest control is winning
more battles but they are loosing the
war.
• think you need to design a better
mouse traps lol.
3. What is a Pest?
• In technical terms it is one type of
organism in a form of bacteria, animal,
fungi as well as even a plant.
• Generally pests have an –ve effect on
food as well as on the human.
• In short something that, that we don’t
need to be around us is called pest.
4. Myths and Realities of Pest
Control
• Technology using Chemistry
– People use more chemicals to kill a huge amount of
pests.
– Using chemical technology is just a short term
process.
– It also increases environmental as well as health
consequences
• Pest management using Ecology
– It depends on pest lifecycle and ecology.
– It emphasizes protection from pests.
5. IPM – Integrated Pest
Management
• This is one type of approach to controlling
and reducing slowly the population of the
pests using chemical as well as
ecological method.
• This is a slow and steady process which
has many benefits including permanent
solution of pests and their population.
6. What is smarter pesticides ?
• 3rd generation Pesticides
– Organophosphates and carbonates
– More lethal in low dose than organ chlorines
• 4th generation Pesticides
– hormonal chaos
– fertility of population.
7. Chemical Technology
Issues
• Pest resistance against developments
• Human Health Effects
• Environmental Health Effects
