3. What are Pesticides?
• Pesticides are poisons used to kill pests.
• We use pesticides to kill off pests that hurt
us, animals or plants.
• Farmers first used them to kill bugs and
weeds because they have big fields.
4. TYPES OF Pesticides
Insecticides- Chemical substances used
to kill insects
Herbicides- Chemical substances used
to kill weeds
Fungicides- Chemical substances used
to kill fungus
Rodenticides- Chemical substances
used to kill Rodents
9. About DDT
DDT was invented in 1939 by Paul Muller, and soon
after began using DDT as a pesticide and malaria
controller
Rachel Carlson published a book, Silent Spring, in
1959 and it outlined the severe issues with DDT use
in ecosystems
12. • Posses an unreasonable risk to humans or
the environment.
• Has a common active ingredient with others
that are toxic.
• Has high exposure risk- one time or multiple
times.
EPA (Environmental Protection
Agency)has banned
pesticide