CLASSIFICATION OF PESTICIDES: A REVIEW

Abstract

Pesticides are the natural or synthetic agents designed to kill all types of pests. Pesticides are used in different fields like agriculture, forestry, aquaculture, food industry etc. Due to its gross use these pesticides threaten public health and ecosystem. Classification of pesticides done according to various criteria like its toxicity or hazardous effects, its use or purpose, its chemical composition, its mode of action, how or when it works, its formulations, its source of origin. By giving importance to public health, WHO has done classification of pesticides on the basis of hazardous effects With the comprehensive knowledge of classification of pesticides, gross use of pesticides can be minimized by using it judicially and it is helpful to public health & ecosystem.