Pesticides: Examples

Examples of where pesticides are found are in: mice, insects, cockroach sprays and baits, insect repellents for personal use, rat and other rodent poisons, flea and tick sprays, powders, and pet collars, kitchen laundry, and bath disinfectants and sanitizers, produckts that kill mould and mildew, some lawn and garden products, such as weed killers, some swimming pool chemicals. Also pesticides can be found in large amounts on commercial farms.

A real life example is a chemical known as DDT. It's banned in many countries, but used in South Africa to control the spread of mosquitoes that carry malaria. DDT is not biodegradable so it builds up the food chan and has been linked to breast cancer. Large ecosystems are affected because chemicals are being applied to large areas. Natural predators that possibly kill the pest population are also being killed by pesticides.

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