Editing Pesticide (section)

===Economics===
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! Harm
! Annual US cost 
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| Public health || $1.1&nbsp;billion
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| Pesticide resistance in pest || $1.5&nbsp;billion
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| Crop losses caused by pesticides || $1.4&nbsp;billion
|-	
| Bird losses due to pesticides || $2.2&nbsp;billion
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| Groundwater contamination || $2.0&nbsp;billion
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| Other costs || $1.4&nbsp;billion
|-	
| '''Total costs''' || '''$9.6&nbsp;billion'''
|}

In one study, the human health and environmental costs due to pesticides in the United States was estimated to be $9.6 billion: offset by about $40&nbsp;billion in increased agricultural production.<ref name="Pimental">{{cite journal |vauthors=Pimentel D |year=2005 |title=Environmental and Economic Costs of the Application of Pesticides Primarily in the United States |journal=Environment, Development and Sustainability |volume=7 |issue=2| pages=229–252 |url=http://www.beyondpesticides.org/documents/pimentel.pesticides.2005update.pdf |doi=10.1007/s10668-005-7314-2|bibcode=2005EDSus...7..229P | s2cid=35964365}}</ref>

Additional costs include the registration process and the cost of purchasing pesticides: which are typically borne by agrichemical companies and farmers respectively. The registration process can take several years to complete (there are 70 types of field tests) and can cost $50–70&nbsp;million for a single pesticide.<ref name="Pimental" /> At the beginning of the 21st century, the United States spent approximately $10&nbsp;billion on pesticides annually.<ref name="Pimental" />