Following excerpt from Wikipedia includes the names of the various neonics

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Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 09:03:39 -0400
From: “Peggy Wilson”
Subject: The Individual Neonicotinoids

For those who would prefer to avoid using neonicotinoids around their homes, businesses and farms, the following excerpt from Wikipedia includes the names of the various neonics.  These are the names to watch for in the active ingredients list, which is always shown on the front of an insecticide label.

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Peggy Wilson

“Neonicotinoid
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Neonicotinoids (sometimes shortened to neonics  <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English> /?ni?o?n?ks/) are a class of neuro-active  <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insecticide> insecticides chemically similar to  <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotine> nicotine. In the 1980s  <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_Oil_Company> Shell and in the 1990s  <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayer> Bayer started work on their development. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neonicotinoid#cite_note-Kollmeyer1999-1> [1] The neonicotinoid family includes  <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetamiprid> acetamiprid,  <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clothianidin> clothianidin,  <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imidacloprid> imidacloprid,  <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitenpyram> nitenpyram,  <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nithiazine> nithiazine,  <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiacloprid> thiacloprid and  <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiamethoxam> thiamethoxam.  <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imidacloprid> Imidacloprid is the most widely used insecticide in the world. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neonicotinoid#cite_note-Yamamoto1999-2> [2] Compared to  <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organophosphate#Organophosphate_pesticides> organophosphate and  <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbamate#Carbamate_insecticides> carbamate insecticides neonicotinoids cause less toxicity in birds and mammals than insects. Some breakdown products are toxic. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neonicotinoid#cite_note-Tomizawa2005-3> [3]

In the late 1990s neonicotinoids came under increasing scrutiny over their environmental impacts. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neonicotinoid#cite_note-4> [4] Neonicotinoid use was linked in a range of studies to adverse ecological effects, including  <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey-bee> honey-bee  <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_collapse_disorder> colony collapse disorder (CCD) and loss of birds due to a reduction in insect populations. In 2013, the  <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union> European Union and a few non EU countries restricted the use of certain neonicotinoids. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neonicotinoid#cite_note-5> [5] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neonicotinoid#cite_note-ECbees-6> [6] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neonicotinoid#cite_note-victory-7> [7]”