Dr. Johnsonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the principal insecticides of a poisonous nature put into use in agriculture since 1945; and whether he will indicate their chemical composition.
§ Mr. GodberThe following tables give the common and chemical names of the principal insecticides, and a list of the principal other pesticides, which have been put into use in agriculture in this country since 1945, and for the use of which there are statutory or officially recommended precautions:
INSECTICIDES Common Name Chemical Name aldrin … a product containing 95 per cent. of 1:2:3:4:10:10-hexachloro-1: 4:4a:5:8:8a-hexahydro-exo-1:4-endo-5:8-dimethanonaphtha-lene. demeton-methyl … a mixture of 2-ethylthioethyl dimethyl phosphorothionate and S-2-ethylthioethyl dimethyl phosphorothiolate. dieldrin … a product containing 85 per cent. of 1:2:3:4:10:10-hexachloro-6:7-epoxy-1:4:4a:5:6:7:8:8a-octahydro-exo-1:4-endo-5:8-dimethanonaphthalene. dimefox … NNN'N'-tetramethylphosphoro-diamidic fluoride. malathion … S-1:2-di (ethoxycarbonyl) ethyl dimethyl phosphorothiolothionate. parathion … diethyl p-nitrophenyl phosphorothionate. schradan … bis-NNN'N'-tetramethylphos-phorodiamidic anhydride. tepp … bis-OO-diethylphosphoric anhydride.
OTHER PESTICIDES Purpose Chemical Potatohaulm destroyer. sodium arsenite Weed killer Fungicidal spray. 2-methyl-4:6-dinitrophenol. organo-mercury compounds.