Type and Toxicity of Pesticides Sold for Community Vector Control Use in the Gambia

<table class="table-group" id="tab5"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left"></td><td align="center">Number of pesticide components</td><td align="center">Percent of all pesticide components</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Not an insecticide</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">3.1</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Pesticides restricted in the USA</td><td align="center">39</td><td align="center">24.2</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Pesticides banned in the USA</td><td align="center">30</td><td align="center">18.6</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Pesticides classified hazardous by World Health Organization</td><td align="center">27</td><td align="center">16.8</td></tr><tr><td align="left">UN prior informed consent pesticide</td><td align="center">22</td><td align="center">13.7</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Hazard classification of identified pesticide components.

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Table 5: Type and Toxicity of Pesticides Sold for Community Vector Control Use in the Gambia 