About three million pounds of agricultural pesticides that the WHO considers "extremely" or "highly hazardous" were used in the US in 2017, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
WHO hazard class | Extremely hazardous |
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Pesticide | PHORATE |
Estimated annual use (lb) | |
Number of countries ban | 38 |
WHO hazard class | Extremely hazardous |
Pesticide | TERBUFOS |
Estimated annual use (lb) | |
Number of countries ban | 34 |
WHO hazard class | Extremely hazardous |
Pesticide | ETHOPROPHOS |
Estimated annual use (lb) | |
Number of countries ban | 8 |
WHO hazard class | Extremely hazardous |
Pesticide | ALDICARB |
Estimated annual use (lb) | |
Number of countries ban | 103 |
WHO hazard class | Extremely hazardous |
Pesticide | CHLORETHOXYFOS |
Estimated annual use (lb) | |
Number of countries ban | 29 |
WHO hazard class | Highly hazardous |
Pesticide | DICROTOPHOS |
Estimated annual use (lb) | |
Number of countries ban | 34 |
WHO hazard class | Highly hazardous |
Pesticide | METHOMYL |
Estimated annual use (lb) | |
Number of countries ban | 12 |
WHO hazard class | Highly hazardous |
Pesticide | CYFLUTHRIN |
Estimated annual use (lb) | |
Number of countries ban | 29 |
WHO hazard class | Highly hazardous |
Pesticide | ZETA-CYPERMETHRIN |
Estimated annual use (lb) | |
Number of countries ban | Unknown |
WHO hazard class | Highly hazardous |
Pesticide | TEFLUTHRIN |
Estimated annual use (lb) | |
Number of countries ban | 1 |
WHO hazard class | Highly hazardous |
Pesticide | OXAMYL |
Estimated annual use (lb) | |
Number of countries ban | 3 |
WHO hazard class | Highly hazardous |
Pesticide | FORMETANATE |
Estimated annual use (lb) | |
Number of countries ban | 1 |
WHO hazard class | Highly hazardous |
Pesticide | METHIOCARB |
Estimated annual use (lb) | |
Number of countries ban | 4 |
WHO hazard class | Highly hazardous |
Pesticide | OXYDEMETON-METHYL |
Estimated annual use (lb) | |
Number of countries ban | 30 |
WHO hazard class | Highly hazardous |
Pesticide | METHIDATHION |
Estimated annual use (lb) | |
Number of countries ban | 33 |
WHO hazard class | Highly hazardous |
Pesticide | FENAMIPHOS |
Estimated annual use (lb) | |
Number of countries ban | 6 |
WHO hazard class | Pesticide | Estimated annual use (lb) | Number of countries ban |
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Extremely hazardous | PHORATE | 38 | |
Extremely hazardous | TERBUFOS | 34 | |
Extremely hazardous | ETHOPROPHOS | 8 | |
Extremely hazardous | ALDICARB | 103 | |
Extremely hazardous | CHLORETHOXYFOS | 29 | |
Highly hazardous | DICROTOPHOS | 34 | |
Highly hazardous | METHOMYL | 12 | |
Highly hazardous | CYFLUTHRIN | 29 | |
Highly hazardous | ZETA-CYPERMETHRIN | Unknown | |
Highly hazardous | TEFLUTHRIN | 1 | |
Highly hazardous | OXAMYL | 3 | |
Highly hazardous | FORMETANATE | 1 | |
Highly hazardous | METHIOCARB | 4 | |
Highly hazardous | OXYDEMETON-METHYL | 30 | |
Highly hazardous | METHIDATHION | 33 | |
Highly hazardous | FENAMIPHOS | 6 |