| Substance | Introduction date | Location |
| Arsenic | 1893 | Australia, Argentina, 1936; Brazil, Colombia 1948; Uruguay, 1953; Venezuela, 1966. |
| DDT | 1946 | Argentina, Brazil, Australia, 1953; Venezuela, 1966; South Africa, 1979 |
| Toxaphene and cyclodienes (organochlorines) | 1947 | Australia, Argentina, Brazil, 1953; Venezuela, Colombia, 1966; South Africa, 1979 |
| Organophosphates - carbamates (anti-AChE) | 1953 | Australia, Brazil, 1963; Argentina, 1964; Colombia, Venezuela, 1967; South Africa, 1979; Uruguay, 1983; México, 1986 |
| Formamidines | 1975 | Australia, 1981; Brazil, 1995; Colombia, 2000; México, 2002 |
| Pyrethroids | 1977 | Australia, 1978; Brazil, 1989; México, 1994; Venezuela, 1995; Colombia, 1997;Argentina, 2000 |
| Macrocyclic lactones | 1981 | Brazil, 2001; México, 2010 |