Information on Adult Mosquito Control Insecticides

Adult mosquito control insecticides have low to high acute toxicity to humans, depending on the active ingredients and formulation. The relative toxicity of specific formulations for each insecticide can be determined from the product Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) which can be found at the CSU Extension Service website.

Several fact sheets are also available from CDPHE and other internet sites and can be accessed by clicking on the links in the following table.

Technical Fact Sheets on Insecticides Registered for Use in Colorado

INSECTICIDE	Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment	National Pesticide Information Center General Fact Sheet
Chlorpyrifos	n/a	fact sheet
Malathion	fact sheet	fact sheet
Naled	fact sheet	n/a
d-Phenothrin	n/a	fact sheet
Permethrin	fact sheet	fact sheet
Piperonyl butoxide	n/a	fact sheet
Pyrethrins and Pyrethroids	n/a	fact sheet
Resmethrin	n/a	fact sheet