Explanation Intended Use
Some examples of the intended uses of a pesticide as listed in the selection box above
Broad use categories | Use pattern | Examples |
---|---|---|
Terrestrial | Food | Fruits and vegetable crops, cereals*, seed treatment (if residues end up in food), rodenticides used in food crops and food storage, post-harvest treatments (if treated outdoors and environmental exposure is expected) |
Feed | Maize grown for forage, cotton (seed)** | |
Non-food | Turf, fibre crops**, crops grown for seed, seed treatment (if residues do not end up in food), mammalian repellents, recreational areas, parks, electricity poles, train tracks, weed control in paved areas, roadsides | |
Aquatic | Food | Aquatic rice* |
Non-food | Ornamental ponds, application to water bodies to treat aquatic weeds, mosquito larviciding, wood treatments for wood used in aquatic settings (piers), antifoulant paint | |
Greenhouse | Food | Horticulltural crops |
Non-food | Ornamentals shrubs, cut flowers, other ornamental plants | |
Forestry | Forestry | Forests, removal of alien vegetation |
Residential outdoor | Residential outdoor | Lawn products for use around homes, space sprays (to control flying vectors, thermal or cold fogging), rodenticides used around residential premises, mammalian repellents, wood treatments (decking materials) |
Indoor | Residential | Mosquito coils and vaporizers, aerosols, flea and tick products used on animals (veterinary uses), long-lasting insecticidal nets, residual sprays, space sprays for mosquito and fly control, rodenticides, wood treatments (termiticide uses) |
Non-food, non-residential | Non-residential indoor uses (e.g. office buildings), animal premises (e.g. kennels), wood treatment (non-residential construction), aeroplanes | |
Food | Animal premises (e.g. barns, shelters), restaurants, post-harvest treatments (if treated indoor) | |
Direct application to humans | Direct application to humans | Repellents, insecticides for lice and scabies control |
* Irrigated rice may be both a terrestrial food crop and an aquatic food crop
** cotton may be both terrestrial non-food and terrestrial feed if the cotton seed is used as livestock feed.