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Pesticides - substances that are meant to control pests, including weeds. The term pesticide includes all of the following: herbicide, insecticides (which may include insect growth regulators, termiticides, etc.) nematicide, molluscicide, piscicide, avicide, rodenticide, bactericide, insect repellent, animal repellent, antimicrobial, fungicide, disinfectant (antimicrobial), and sanitizer. The most common of these are herbicides which account for approximately 80% of all pesticide use. Most pesticides are intended to serve as plant protection products (also known as crop protection products), which in general, protect plants from weeds, fungi, or insects.

In general, a pesticide is a chemical or biological agent (such as a virus, bacterium, or fungus) that deters, incapacitates, kills, or otherwise discourages pests. Target pests can include insects, plant pathogens, weeds, molluscs, birds, mammals, fish, nematodes (roundworms), and microbes that destroy property, cause nuisance, or spread disease, or are disease vectors. Although pesticides have benefits, some also have drawbacks, such as potential toxicity to humans and other species.

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FAQs for Pesticides

Hi everyone. I am a graduate student at NC State University studying urban entomology. I am working on creating an extension training manual for pesticide retailers at "big box" and local hardware stores that sell pesticide products.

Part of this manual is to have an FAQ section that customers often ask retailers. I wanted to get an idea of what kind of questions people who buy products to control garden, home, and/or nuisance pests (This is not for disease control, just general insect control); may have about controlling pests in and around the home, the products that do control the pests, or any other general inquiries.

Some examples of products used for control are Ortho, CombatMax, Zevo, or any of those big name products.

Please let me know if I can clarify anything! Thanks for your participation!

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California chemical

Any other fellow pest control techs live in California ? I recently switched company’s and have noticed new chemical. What do you guys use for general pest

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2023/12/04
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what is the effect of long term use of carts with methylene chloride inside them?

hidden hills have theese in low amounts. cause for concern?

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2023/12/02
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The Most Popular Pesticide

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2023/12/02
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HELP FOR RESEARCH PAPER: LC 50 or LD 50

Greetings,

Currently, we are revising our paper on Calamansi and Bitter Gourd as Pesticide against Rice Black Bugs and our panelists have told us to find the LC50 or LD50 but we have no idea what to use and we have limited RRL based on Google Scholar. Our conditions does not fit the need to calculate LC50 or LD50, because we do not have the weight of the extracts used as they are both liquid, we do not have concentration as we used pure extracts or does the ratio of 50:50 count? We need to contact a specialist or expert on this to be considered valid or if you can suggest a journal that would be good thank you. We do not have any idea as we are only Grade 12 students, please comment if you can help or if you know suggestions on what to do.

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2023/11/24
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i used to sneak into my garage and eat copper sulfate pesticide when i was ~3-4. is there long term effects from this?

i remember it coming in a plastic bag, and it was blue crystals. my pica ridden ass would eat it like candy.

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2023/11/13
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Sealed foods around pesticides

Hey all - my housing has been really weird the last few months, and I ended up living in a rented RV with bugs ( I'm in grad school in California poorly attempting to save money). I moved out and my new roommate made me use a bug spray fogger on everything because he saw that there were some bugs in the RV. I used that fogger on all of my stuff, within the usual truck, washed my sheets, and hoped my mattress would be safe to sleep on. Well it's been a month, and apparently the food which I took out of the truck with the fogger going off had some eggs on it, and those eggs became a type of fly which appeared in my stuff in the pantry yesterday. I do feel horrible, and I bought the bug spray he asked me to, which was Raid Flying Insects. He sprayed it and said that any sealed food should be fine to eat. I am anxious that the pesticide being on the package of sealed food might affect me and poison me. If I do the safest thing and throw everything out of the kitchen, then I lost a few hundred dollars of food. I am throwing out anything that's been opened and resealed for sure, but what about a completely unopened bag of coffee, or a closed glass container for spices? How do I know what is safe here? What would you do?

UPDATE: After a couple days, someone suggested I call Poison Control Center and they were able to help me, listen to what was sprayed, and gave me reassurance that sealed items are in fact ok. If you have a similar question call poison control center

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2023/11/01
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2023/10/24
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California DPR QAL Exam

I submitted my DPR QAL application today and plan to begin studying next week, having ordered books.

  • laws, regulations, and basic principles.

-(A)residential, industrial, and institutional.

Could anyone provide an overview of the exam? I'm curious about the format — is it multiple-choice? What's the passing score? Is it considered difficult? Also, are there any practice exams available?

I would greatly value any feedback. Thank you!

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2023/10/23
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How to get rid of this?

Can you please recommend a selective pesticide which would help me take care of these plants while not turning my grass into WWII battlefield? Thank you!

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2023/10/13
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Pest control company liable or am I?

I started working at this pest control company and at first I was doing exclusion then after a few weeks they had me using termiticide and using pesticide supervised, then after a few more weeks where sending me out alone to go do general pest control with pesticides unsupervised, should I report them or will I get in trouble too, they make All their new guys that don’t have any license use pesticides

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2023/10/10
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Child safety and Ortho home defense for indoor and perimeter. I sprayed this outdoors around perimeter of house and yard exactly one week ago. Can my 2 year old play outside safely without exposure at this point?

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2023/09/24
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2023/09/17
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Can someone tell me Esbiothrin is safe on plants (grass) or not?

So I have a bottle containing 250 g/l Permethrin - 20 g/l Esbiothrin - 150 g/l Piperonyl Butoxide Dosis. The label is shot but I did write on the bottle was was in it and a dose. I remember using it inside once however, I am unsure it is safe or allowed for outside use. I know Permethrin can be used outside but I find little info on especially Esbiothrin. Did find this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioallethrin

Can anyone tell me whether I can use this for tick control? I already applied nematodes to attack the larvae but will likely have to follow up with a pesticide to kill the adult ticks.

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2023/09/02
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Is this rodent killee

I found this blue device on this register in my new house? I want to touch it. Is this rat poision?

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2023/08/17
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This is why you don't touch the fruit in the grocery store

From WATCH THIS!! on YT

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2023/08/08
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NORTH AMERICA BIOPESTICIDES MARKET 2019-2027

The biopesticides market in North America is expected to flourish at a CAGR of 14.71% during the estimated period of 2019 to 2027. Get a Free Sample Report

North America Biopesticides Market

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MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA BIOPESTICIDES MARKET 2019-2027

The biopesticides market in the Middle East and Africa is forecasted to grow at a CAGR of 13.22% during the estimated period 2019-2027. Request Free Sample Report

Middle East and Africa Biopesticides Market

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LATIN AMERICA BIOPESTICIDES MARKET 2019-2027

The biopesticides market in Latin America is predicted to depict growth at a CAGR of 16.55% during the forecast period of 2019 to 2027. Get Free Sample Report

Latin America Biopesticides Market

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EUROPE BIOPESTICIDES MARKET 2019-2027

The Biopesticides market in Europe is anticipated to grow and expand at a CAGR of 16.74% during the forecast period 2019-2027. Get a Free Sample Report

Europe Biopesticides Market

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ASIA-PACIFIC BIOPESTICIDES MARKET 2019-2027

The biopesticides market in Asia-Pacific is anticipated to witness growth at a CAGR of 16.24% during the forecast period 2019-2027. Get a Free Sample Report

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GLOBAL BIOPESTICIDES MARKET 2019-2027

The Global Biopesticides market is anticipated to reach $12.81 billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 15.87% during the forecast period 2019-2027. Request Free Sample Report

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My pest control company just sprayed my herb garden with Talstar P. By what process can this herb garden be rendered safe for human consumption?

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2023/06/29
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Is this anything to be concerned about? Why was this chemical banned?

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2023/06/06
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Any product recommendations for spraying gravel path?

Anything specific y’all use to keep gravel paths weed-free?

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2022/03/16
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Question! Pesticide free houseplants

We’ve been searching for organic or at least pesticide free houseplants and they’re near impossible to find unless we grew them from seeds ourselves. Does anyone know if pesticides are typically used in the growing process of indoor plants, and if so, if we repotted with organic soil if the pesticides will diminish and fade overtime?

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2022/03/06
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