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What are pesticides?

April 26, 2017pesticides

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What are pesticides?

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Pesticide is a broad term, covering a range of products that are used to control pests. Slug pellets, ant powder, weed killers, rat and mouse baits are all pesticides. Other pesticides you may have heard of include: • insect killers (insecticides), • mould and fungi killers (fungicides), • weed-killers (herbicides), • slug pellets (molluscicides), • plant growth regulators, • bird and animal repellents and • rat and mouse killers (rodenticides). Further information on pesticides.