NAVMED P-5010-8 - Navy Medicine - U.S. Navy

8-8 CHAPTER 8. NAVY ENTOMOLOGY AND PEST CONTROL TECHNOLOGY 8-10
SECTION II. PESTICIDES AND THEIR APPLICATION
Article Subject Page
8-8 Definitions of Pesticides.................................................................................................8-7
8-9 Department of Defense Standards..................................................................................8-7
8-10 Classifications of Pesticides...........................................................................................8-7
8-11 Pesticide Formulations and Dispersal ............................................................................8-9
8-12 Application of Pesticides..............................................................................................8-11
8-13 Resistance to Pesticides................................................................................................8-13
8-8. Definitions of Pesticides
a. A pesticide is any substance or
mixture of substances intended for preventing,
destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest; or
any substance or mixture of substances intended
for use as a plant regulator, defoliant, or
desiccant.
b. Pesticides are used in many ways and
include: acaricides, avicides, fungicides,
herbicides, insecticides, molluscicides,
nematocides, rodenticides, among others.
c. Fumigants are also pesticides and may
function as any of the above depending upon the
type of formulation, means of application, mode
of action, target area, and pest species.
8-9. Department of Defense Standards
a. DOD components' pest management
programs conform to the following requirements.
Controlled pesticides are for use only by
trained pesticide applicators and under the onsite
supervision of a DOD certified applicator, or by
specially trained site or shipboard medical
department personnel. U.S. EPA restricted use
pesticides may be procured and used only by
certified pesticide applicators or by persons
under their direct supervision.
b. Restricted and non-restricted use
pesticides are procured through the military
supply system. Where restricted or nonrestricted
use items do not provide satisfactory
control, or when there is any doubt that available
personnel are qualified to supervise the
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application of any pesticide, medical officers
should request the help of specialists. Entomologists
of the medical department and applied
biologists of NAVFAC will provide services
necessary to survey pest problems, outline
control programs, train, and certify local
personnel.
c. Nonstandard pesticides and dispersal
equipment must not be used unless approved by
the appropriate area entomologist following
current instructions.
8-10. Classifications of Pesticides
Pesticides may be classified on the basis of use,
life stage of the pest to be controlled, chemical
group, mode of entry, mode of action, and
formulation. Some pesticides are not easily
categorized by standard methods because they
can be used against two or more groups of pests
or in formulations that may have two or more
modes of entry or action.
a. Pesticide Type by Use
(1) Acaricide. Substance used to
control mites, scorpions, spiders, ticks, and
related organisms.
(2) Fungicide. Substance used to
control fungi.
(3) Herbicide. Substance used to
control undesired vegetation.
(4) Insecticide. Substance used to
control insects, sometimes used in a broader
sense to include the control of arthropods other
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