Table 4.
Amount of pesticide products imported to or manufactured in Iran, per WHO classa of acute toxicity
| Use category | Tonnes of active ingredient per year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class I | Class II | Class III | Class U | |
| Herbicide | 0 | 2271 | 559 | 3184 |
| Fungicide | 0 | 165 | 245 | 1884 |
| Insecticide & acaricide | 10 | 3789 | 1288 | 171 |
| Rodenticide | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0.008 |
| Nematicide | 0 | 341 | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 10 | 31 | 0.2 |
| Total | 10 | 6593 | 2122 | 5239 |
aClass I (Ia, extremely hazardous; Ib, highly hazardous); class II (moderately hazardous); class III (slightly hazardous); and class U (unlikely to present acute hazard)