Homicide..kill a person
Avicide..kill a bird
Rodenticide..kill a rodent
Miticide..kill a mite
I think we all follow the train of thought here. So a PESTicide is something to kill pests. The LABEL on ANY pesticide has a SIGNAL word 1. DANGER 2. WARNING 3. CAUTION.
Look on any label on any product in your home you will find this word. It let's you know the LD/50 (lethal dose per 50 in a control group..anyway it's how STRONG it is)of each group.Go look at your Lysol Disinfectant Spray it has a WARNING label.
DO NOT USE ANY PESTICIDE WITHOUT READING THE LABEL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Got it?
Now there is a statement on most "restricted use " pesticides and some of the "stronger" items that says and I quote " Do not use this product if you you cannot read this label". I'll let that sink in a while...So DO NOT use pesticides FIRST..only as a last resort and be careful out there!! Who wants to die an early death because you were trying to kill some bug 10 years ago thats dead today anyway from old age.?? End of speech..Move along..