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CH3041
ON-LINE LECTURE 30
PESTICIDE : a substance
used to control, repel,
prevent or destroy pests.
•Common H2O pollutants.
•The common divisions
• 1) Insecticides eg. DDT
• 2) Herbicides  eg. Agent Orange (2,4,5T : 2,4D)
• 3) Fungicides   eg. Bordeaux mix (Cu2+)
• 4) Rodenticides eg. 1080 poison
• The suffix -cide means to kill and so there
are many other -cides, biocide, slimicides ...