Introduction
The term pesticide denotes a wide range of chemicals designed to contain the harmful effects of pests to humans, livestock and crops. Pesticides include fungicides, insecticides, herbicides, molluscicides, rodenticides and rodenticides among others. Over the years, pesticides have been used to controls different types of pests. Pesticide technology has evolved a lot over the years. Most pesticides used in the United States and other developed countries in the nineteen fifties, such as organochloride insecticides have since been banned despite their relative success those years. With time, synthetic pesticides, considered to be less harmful to the environment, have been introduced. Continue reading...