ENY 3005 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Rachel Carson, Pesticide Resistance, Pesticide
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Pesticide: broader term meaning a killer of pests in general(fungicides, herbicides, miticides, rodenticides, insecticides) Rachel carson: brought attention to the dangers of insecticides , public perception changed. Ddt: accumulates in environment, damaged raptorial bird populations, and stimulated resistant populations of insects. Lethal dose 50% the most common statistic from dosage-mortality experiments is the median lethal dosage or ld50 lethal dosev5. Toxicity: the dose that will kill 50 percent of the test animals it was administered to. Common name = specific name given to the active ingredient, similar to scientific name of an insect. Chemical name = describes the chemical compound structure. Trade name: the commercial name given by the company producing the insecticide. Danger-poison(the highest classification an insecticide can receive) 50mg or lower. "warning" have an oral ld50 between 50-500 mg. "caution" is the slightly toxic and the low toxicity category. Low toxicity have higher than 5,000 mg/kg.
