Editing Cyanide (section)

===Pest control===
[[M44 (cyanide device)|M44 cyanide devices]] are used in the United States to kill [[coyote]]s and other canids.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1002/wsb.361|title=Animal attendance at M-44 sodium cyanide ejector sites for coyotes|journal=Wildlife Society Bulletin|volume=38|pages=217–220|year=2014|last1=Shivik|first1=John A.|last2=Mastro|first2=Lauren|last3=Young|first3=Julie K. |issue=1 |bibcode=2014WSBu...38..217S |url=http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2419&context=icwdm_usdanwrc}}</ref> Cyanide is also used for pest control in [[New Zealand]], particularly for [[Common Brushtail Possum in New Zealand|possums]], an [[Invasive species in New Zealand|introduced marsupial that threatens the conservation of native species]] and spreads [[tuberculosis]] amongst cattle. Possums can become bait shy but the use of pellets containing the cyanide reduces bait shyness. Cyanide has been known to kill native birds, including the endangered [[Kiwi (bird)|kiwi]].<ref>{{cite web |last = Green| first = Wren |title =The use of 1080 for pest control |publisher = New Zealand Department of Conservation |date = July 2004 |url =http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/conservation/threats-and-impacts/animal-pests/use-of-1080-04.pdf| access-date = 8 June 2011}}</ref> Cyanide is also effective for controlling the [[dama wallaby]], another introduced marsupial pest in New Zealand.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Shapiro|first=Lee|date=21 March 2011|title=Effectiveness of cyanide pellets for control of dama wallabies (Macropus eugenii)|journal=New Zealand Journal of Ecology |volume=35 |issue=3 |url=http://newzealandecology.org/nzje/new_issues/NZJEcol35_3_287.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203010818/http://newzealandecology.org/nzje/new_issues/NZJEcol35_3_287.pdf |archive-date=2015-02-03 |url-status=live |display-authors=etal}}</ref> A licence is required to store, handle and use cyanide in New Zealand.

Cyanides are used as [[insecticide]]s for fumigating ships.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sodium Cyanide|url=https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/sodium_cyanide|website=PubChem|publisher=National Center for Biotechnology Information|access-date=2 September 2016|date=2016|quote=Cyanide and hydrogen cyanide are used in electroplating, metallurgy, organic chemicals production, photographic developing, manufacture of plastics, fumigation of ships, and some mining processes.}}</ref> Cyanide salts are used for killing ants,<ref name="EPAReg1994">{{cite web|title=Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) Sodium Cyanide|url=https://archive.epa.gov/pesticides/reregistration/web/pdf/3086.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221010/https://archive.epa.gov/pesticides/reregistration/web/pdf/3086.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-10 |url-status=live|website=EPA.gov|access-date=2 September 2016|page=7|date=1 September 1994|quote=Sodium cyanide was initially registered as a pesticide on December 23, 1947, to control ants on uncultivated agricultural and non-agricultural areas.}}</ref> and have in some places been used as rat poison<ref name="TariffInfo1921">{{cite web|title=Tariff Information, 1921: Hearings on General Tariff Revision Before the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives|url=http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?tn=Tariff+Information,+1921|website=AbeBooks.com|publisher=US Congress, House Committee on Ways and Means, US Government Printing Office|access-date=2 September 2016|page=3987|date=1921|quote=Another field in which cyanide is used in growing quantity is the eradication of rats and other vermin – especially in the fight against typhus.}}</ref> (the less toxic poison [[arsenic]] is more common).<ref name="PlanetDeadly2013">{{cite web|title=Deadliest Poisons Used by Man|url=http://www.planetdeadly.com/human/deadliest-poisons-man|website=PlanetDeadly.com|access-date=2 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160511033535/http://www.planetdeadly.com/human/deadliest-poisons-man|archive-date=11 May 2016|date=18 November 2013}}</ref>