Talk:Insecticide

message: It is chemically more correct to talk about organochlorine insecitides / compounds, for the chlorinated hydrocarbons we are dealing with are not chlorides. I propose to change this through the entire article. (RapidoII (talk) 10:05, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: There is no disagreement on the environmental effects of DDT and its breakdown products like DDE. These compounds are toxic, persistent and bioaccumulative and there is an enormous scientific paper corpus documenting modes of action and effects. 2001:BB6:1852:A700:7406:AAFB:777B:2220 (talk) 09:31, 11 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: 1. Insecticides

message: Mode of action should be removed from the entry "The classification is done in several different ways", while the entire entry would benefit from a more logical organisation / formatting.  How would we classify insecticides which are fermentation products like Dow AgroSciences' spinosad? Organic Insecticides? (RapidoII (talk) 10:09, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Classes of agricultural insecticides

message: "Scare quotes" and strawmen do not an argument make. Sections like this make the entire encyclopedia look amateurish.
The article does not represent insecticides in an encyclopedic fashion.  The article's main section is Environmental effects, with no mention of history, developement or worldwide usage. 
There are most definately well documented adverse effects of insecticides and these should be included.  However, the article is not a forum to discuss only why restricting DTT use to vector control has reduced selection of resistant insects. The article should be a broad and NPOV review of insecticides in general.
Goldfinger820 05:51, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: This is simply not true. There are many experiments showing mode of action e.g. Lundholm, E. 1987, "Thinning of eggshells in birds by DDE: Mode of action on the eggshell gland", Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, C, vol. 88C, no. 1, pp. 1-22. 2001:BB6:1852:A700:7406:AAFB:777B:2220 (talk) 09:29, 11 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Focus on environmental effects

message: Actually, this could also refer to the killing of eggs by animals, a form of infanticide. Perhaps a disambiguation would be better for this? Richard001 (talk) 21:23, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Ovicide]]

message: If it belong to the category of pesticides, then the products may have to be regulated--222.64.27.1 (talk) 23:26, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps there is a USDA or other legal definition, but there are other countries where such "regulations" can differ but the article certainly needs an overhaul with citations. Shyamal (talk) 09:26, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  A standardized definition of the term of ''insecticide'' is needed... 

message: I will get on this soon, probably create a new section, I just wanted to bring it to people's attention that I think this is a serious omission on this article, as this has been extensively studied in the scientific literature, and there is already material on specific pages for various insecticides.  Cazort (talk) 15:40, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Section on "environmental impacts" but almost no material on impacts on human health

message: A lot of this article reads as prescriptive, normative statements--i.e. insecticides should be used in this way, they should not be used in this way, etc. and these comments are totally unsourced.  I find this very problematic.  I think we need to source such statements and state "Such-and-such group recommends to use insecticides in such a way." or "such-and-such group warns against X on the grounds of Y".  I think if there is a clear scientific consensus of any of the statements, this needs to be backed up with multiple sources and identified as a consensus.  The article now is just full of bold, unfounded assertions.  Cazort (talk) 15:55, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  General POV issues 

message: The "Natural insecticides" article contains conclusions derived directly from 2010 Research and development of a specific company (Provipax S.A.). As data put forward in the specific article have been recently discovered we feel that it should stand alone and NOT be merged with any other article, having a lot to offer to the reader after it's editing has finished. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dandreadis (talk • contribs) 23:25, 22 December 2010
:The Natural insecticides article has been deleted so this discussion is now moot. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 17:00, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merging "Natural insecticides" with "Insecticides" articles 

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message: I am adding an alternatives section to this article to talk about Integrated Pest Management. Feel free to leave a comment here or on my talk page if you think anything I write is inappropriate for Wikipedia. Anuprecious (talk) 04:15, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alternatives 

message: insecticides and pesticide 102.163.116.16 (talk) 15:17, 26 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: IP editor: these Talk Pages are places to discuss improvements to articles, in this case insecticide. Do you have a suggested improvement? Mike Turnbull (talk) 15:37, 26 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Agriculture