Pesticides are chemicals are made to kill or control pests, insects, weeds, fungi, microbes, and rodents. There are many pesticides that have been found to be dangerous to human, and animal health and also to the environment.
Since pesticides are used in many sectors like agriculture, food industry, forestry, etc. they can put the workers engaged in these occupations at risk of severe poisoning or occupational diseases. Hence it is important to know about pesticides that are harmful to both plants and human beings.
Definition of Pesticides according to the Food & Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO):
Pesticide is any substance or a mixture of substances intended for preventing, controlling, or destroying any insect or bug, including vectors of human or animal disease, unwanted species of plants or animals causing damage or interfering with the production, processing, storage, transport or marketing of food, agri-commodities, wood & wood products/animal feedstuffs, or substances that may be administered to animals for controlling insects, arachnids in or on their bodies. The term includes substances made for use as a plant growth regulator, defoliant, desiccant, or agent for tapering fruit or preventing premature fall & substances applied to crops before or after the harvest to protect the commodity from deterioration during storage & transport.
Banned Pesticides
List of pesticides that are banned refused registration & restricted in use as of 31.10.2019;
Pesticides Banned for Manufacture, Import & Usage.
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Aldicarb
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Aldrin
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Benzene Hexachloride
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Benomyl
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Calcium Cyanide
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Carbaryl
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Chlorbenzilate
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Chlordane
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Chlorofenvinphos
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Copper Acetoarsenite
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Diazinon
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Dibromochloropropane
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Dieldrin
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Endosulfron
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Endrin
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Ethyl Mercury Chloride
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Ethyl Parathion
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Ethylene Dibromide
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Fenarimol
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Fenthion
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Heptachlor
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Lindane
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Linuron
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Maleic Hydrazide
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Menazon
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Methoxy Ethyl Mercury Chloride
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Methyl Parathion
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Metoxuron
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Nitrofen
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Paraquat Dimethyl Sulphate
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Pentachloro Nitrobenzene (PCNB)
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Pentachlorophenol
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Phenyl Mercury Acetate
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Sodium Cyanide
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Sodium Methane Arsonate
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Tetradifon
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Thiometon
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Toxaphene(Camphechlor)
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Tridemorph
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Trichloro acetic acid (TCA)
Pesticide Formulations Banned for Import, Manufacture & Use
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Carbofuron 50% SP
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Methomyl 12.5% L
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Methomyl 24% formulation
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Phosphamidon 85% SL
Pesticide / Pesticide Formulations Banned for Use but Continued to Manufacture for Export
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Captafol 80% Powder
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Nicotin Sulfate
For more details visit -ppqs.gov.in
Source - Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine & Storage, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
