Materials, products and services - the Green Guide Online provides details of the life cycle environmental impacts of construction materials and components, and the Green Book is a free online database of products and services.
Spermicides are used globally for birth control, with or without condoms. As the only means of birth control, spermicides are rarely effective. However, in conjunction with condoms, spermicides are somewhat effective in birth control.
A pesticide is any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating any pest. (Source: EPA) Pesticides often refer to the type of pest they control, e.g. insecticides kill insects and other arthropods; miticides or acaricides kill spider mites. All pesticides are regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).