ENVS 3020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Chlorothalonil, Clothianidin, Biopesticide

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Environmental Sciences
• Course: ENVS 3020
• Professor: Ryan Prosser

Document Summary

You will become familiar with the types of active ingredient in pesticides that are most commonly used in canada. Further research on an active ingredient of interest will be presented to your group. The class will collaborate to compile a summary of how these pesticides are portrayed in the media. Previously we considered some benefits and drawbacks of historical pesticide use. Various ways to group or classify pesticides are presented here to provide an overview of the numerous types and characteristics of pesticides currently being used. We will learn more about these pesticide classes throughout the course. All pesticides used in canada must be registered by health canada and registrants are required to report the quantities sold to the pest management regulatory agency (pmra, health canada. For reporting purposes, health canada classifies pesticides by active ingredient, sector and product type.