Latest List of Banned Pesticides in Nigeria
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has a placed a ban on importation and usage of 30 different brands of pesticides and other chemicals found to be harmful to the health of Nigerians and their environment.
Below are the list of the banned pesticides. NAFDAC has warned that it will come down hard on anyone that violates its regulations on importation of pesticides and other chemicals, knowingly or unknowingly.
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1. ALDRIN
2 . BINAPACRYL
3. CAPTAFOL
4. CHLORDANE
5. CHLORDIMEFORM
6. DDT
7. DIELDRIN
8. DINOSEB & DINOSEB SALTS
9. HEPTACHLOR
10. LINDANE
11. ETHYLENE DICHLORIDE
12. PARATHION
13. METHYL PARATHION
14. PHOSPHAMIDON
15. MONOCROPTOPHOS
16. METHAMIDOPHOS
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17. CHLOROBENZILATE
18. TOXAPHENE
19. PENTACHLOROPHENOL
20. ETHYLENE OXIDE
21. HCF (MIXED ISOMERS)/BHC
22. EDB(1,2-DIBROMOETHENE)
23. 2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOXY ACETIC ACID
24. ENDRIN
24. MIREX
26. ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE
27. HEXACHLOROBENZENE
28. ENDOSULPHAN
29. DELTA HCH
30. FLOURACETAMIDE
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