Pesticide Ingredients

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Pesticide products include both active ingredients and other ingredients. Active ingredients are used to kill, control or repel the pest. Other ingredients may do a variety of jobs, like attracting the pest, spreading the active ingredients around, and/or reducing drift.

In order to know the risk associated with a pesticide, both toxicity and exposure must be considered. The toxicity depends on the ingredients in a product.

Learn more

• Ingredient Fact Sheets
• Pesticide Active Ingredients
• Other or Inert Ingredients in Pesticides
• Adjuvants in Pesticides
• Petroleum Distillates in Pesticides
• Pesticide Products
• Types of Pesticides
• Low-Risk Pesticides
• Pesticide Ingredients Used in Organic Agriculture
• Natural and Biological Pesticides

If you have questions about this, or any pesticide-related topic, please call NPIC at 800-858-7378 (8:00am - 12:00pm PST), or email us at npic@ace.orst.edu.