Environmental Health. Family Health. Animal Health. Food Security.
Protection Against Insect-Borne Diseases
The Pyrethroids Resource Center is a place where you can find credible, science-based information about a class of pesticides known as pyrethroids and better inform yourself about their strict regulatory oversight, grounding in research and the many benefits associated with this class of chemicals.
Derived from chrysanthemum flowers, pyrethroids were developed to kill a wide range of insects that spread such diseases as malaria, typhus, Lyme disease and. The West Nile and Zika viruses. Pyrethroids also play a critical role in environmental health, animal health and assuring a global food supply
Environmental Health
Pyrethroids were developed as an environmentally friendly alternative to other pesticides. They also play a major role in protecting the food we eat and our forest lands.
Family & Public Health
Pyrethroids have saved tens of millions of lives around the world. They continue to serve as a valuable tool for keeping children and the large public safe throughout the United States.
Animal Health
Veterinarians depend on pyrethroids for protecting livestock and horses from disease. Pet owners rely on them for preventing fleas from infecting their dogs.
Family & Public Health
Pyrethroids have saved tens of millions of lives around the world. They continue to serve as a valuable tool for keeping children and the large public safe throughout the United States.
Environmental Health
Pyrethroids were developed as an environmentally friendly alternative to other pesticides. They also play a major role in protecting the food we eat and our forest lands.
Animal Health
Veterinarians depend on pyrethroids for protecting livestock and horses from disease. Pet owners rely on them for preventing fleas from infecting their dogs.
Food Security
Pyrethroids are one of the most effective and widely used tools for controlling insect damage in agriculture.
“…. farm and post-harvest losses contribute to hunger and malnutrition, which kills between 12 million (UNICEF undated) and 15 million children annually " (Anon, 2005a).
