Deltamethrin products are among the most popular and widely used insecticides in the world[citation needed] and have become very popular with pest control operators and individuals in the United States.This material is a member of one of the safest classes of pesticides: synthetic pyrethroids. This pesticide is highly toxic to aquatic life, particularly fish, and therefore must be used
with extreme caution around water. Although generally considered safe to use around humans, it is still neurotoxic to humans.
Deltamethrin is able to pass from a woman's skin through her blood and into her breast milk. Allergen and causing asthma in some
people.
There are many uses for deltamethrin, ranging from agricultural uses to home pest control. Deltamethrin has been instrumental in
preventing the spread of diseases carried by tick-infested prairie dogs, rodents and other burrowing animals[citation needed]. It
is helpful in eliminating and preventing a wide variety of household pests, especially spiders, fleas, ticks, carpenter ants,
carpenter bees, cockroaches and bed bugs. Deltamethrin is also one of the primary ingredients in ant chalk.
Resistance to deltamethrin
Resistance has been characterised in several insects, including important vectors of malaria like the mosquito Anopheles gambiae
as well as non-disease carrying pests like bed bugs.