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Professional Resource: Pesticides

Key Points

1. Pesticides are agents or substances used to control, repel or kill pests
2. The nature of pesticides is wide and varied - they are designed to be toxic to the organism that they are working against but are often toxic or fatal to humans

Summary

Pesticides are simply agents or substances used to control, repel or kill pests. Pests are living organisms (eg microbes, bacteria, vermin, insects and weeds) that are considered a nuisance or are not wanted because they cause harm (disease or illness) to humans or other animals, destroy crops and compete for food or space. Pesticides tend to be categorized according to the pest that they are designed to control, repel or kill. For example, herbicides are used to control plants, insecticides for insects

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