Table 1.

Pesticides commonly used in vegetable farms at the three study sites

Commercial name	Active ingredient	Family
Cyhalone	deltamethrin	pyrethroid
Decis	deltamethrin	pyrethroid
Kinikini	mixture of cyfluthrin+malathion	pyrethroid
Rugby (Orthene)	cadufos 10 g	pyrethroid
Cytoate 335EC (Cypercal D335)	mixture of cypermethrin 35 g + dimethoate 300 g/l	pyrethroid
Furadan	carbofuran	carbamate
Malathion	malathion 500 g/l	organochlorine
Topsin-M	methylthiophanate 70%	organophosphorus
Nurelle D35/300	mixture of cypermethrin 35 g/l + chlorpyriphos methyl 300 g/l	organophosphorus
Dursban B18/300	mixture of cyfluthrin 18 g/l + chlopyriphos ethyl 300 g/l	organophosphorus
Callisulfan 350EC	endosulfan 350 g/l	cyclodiene

Source: Benin Minsitry of Agriculture; 2007