Although Romic Environmental Technologies does not process pesticides, we are providing this information as a public service to those who would like to find safer alternatives to pesticide use. At one time or another most of us have found unwelcome visitors in our homes or yards - rats, weeds, insects and other pests.
Pesticides are the insecticides, herbicides and other chemicals used to kill such nuisances.
Their value lies in their toxicity to the living things we want to get rid of. That same trait is also the reason pesticides can be dangerous. Dangers of Pesticides Pesticides can be harmful when misused or stored where children or animals can get into them. They can also affect beneficial animals and insects. Over the years, many insects have become resistant to insecticides, which means larger doses or stronger chemicals are needed to kill them.