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CAS No.

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US EPA Registered

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Registered use in these countries
(includes only a limited list of countries)

Fludioxonil

CAS No. 131341-86-1

Fungicide
(Pyrrole)

PAN Data

See effects

Body Weight Decrease

Cancer:
"currently unclassifiable" - statistically significant trend for malignant LYMPHOMAS in female mice; statistically significant increases in LIVER tumors in female rats


Cholesterol
Endocrine: Ovary
Endocrine: Thymus
Genotoxic
Kidney
Liver
Spleen

Environmental:

Fludioxonil is classed as 'very persistent' in soil

Relatively high aquatic toxicity to fish, aquatic invertebrates and aquatic plants

 

EPA Registered: Yes

Registered use in:
Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, India, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa, Taiwan, UK, US

Australia: 
Grape

Canada: Too many to list (See as of July 2005), but includes:
Potatoes, Mustard, Rapeseed (canola), Milk, Cattle, Goat, Hog, Horse, Sheep Japan: Apricot, Barley, Beans (dry), Broad beans, Buckwheat, Cherry, Corn, Cucumber, Eggplant, Grape, Lettuce, Nectarine, Onion, Other Legumes/ pulses, Peach, Peanuts (dry), Peas, Plum,Potato, Rice, Rye, Soybeans (dry), Strawberry, Tomato, Wheat

Japan:
Apricot, Barley, Beans (dry), Broad beans, Buckwheat, Cherry, Corn, Cucumber, Eggplant, Grape, Lettuce, Nectarine, Onion, Other Legumes/ pulses, Peach, Peanuts (dry), Peas, Plum, Potato, Rice, Rye, Soybeans (dry), Strawberry, Tomato, Wheat

Taiwan:
Grapes, Mangoes

US:
Permitted in or on 948 food commodities.

See US food tolerances

Fluenetil

CAS No. 4301-50-2

Acaricide, Insecticide
(Unclassified)

WHO: believed
obsolete or
discontinued

PAN Data

No Tox data available

See effects

Environmental:

Highly toxic to fish (Rainbow trout, donaldson trout)

EPA Registered: No

Flufenacet

CAS No. 142459-58-3

Herbicide (Anilide)

PAN Data

New pesticide in October 1998.

See effects

Blood
Body Weight Decrease
Bone
Brain
Cholesterol
Endocrine: Thyroid
Endocrine: Uterus
Eye
Heart
Kidney
Liver
Sciatic Nerve
Spinal Cord
Spleen

Environmental:

Highly toxic to terrestrial, semi-aquatic, and aquatic plants.

Likely to persist in soil for some time

 

EPA Registered: Yes

Registered use in:
Canada, Germany, Hungary, Philippines, South Africa, US, UK

US:
Permitted in or on over 500 food commodities, including:
Alfalfa, Cattle, Clover, Corn, Goat, Hog, Horse, Sheep, Soybean, Wheat

See US food tolerances

Flufenerim

CAS No. 170015-32-4

Insecticide
(Pyrimidinamine)

New pesticide in October 2001.

No Tox data available.

EPA Registered: No -

Flufenican

No CAS No.

Acaricide,
Herbicide
(Anilide)

PAN Data

No toxicological studies available EPA Registered: No

Flufenoxuron

CAS No. 101463-69-8

Acaricide,
Insecticide
(Benzoylurea)
Herbicide

PAN Data

See effects

Blood
Bone
Endocrine: Adrenal
Endocrine: Ovary
Endocrine: Testicular
Endocrine: Thyroid

Kidney

Liver

Spleen

Environmental:

Persists in soil

Extremely toxic to Daphnia (aquatic Invertebrate)

Potential to bioaccumulate in fish and aquatic gastropods

EPA Registered: YES (for imported commodities)

US (for imported commodities): Apple, Cattle, Goat, Grape, Horse, Milk, Orange, Pear, Raisin, Sheep

Registered use in:
Australia, Hungary, India, Japan, Philippines, Portugal, Taiwan, Tanzania, South Africa, Vietnam

Japan:
Apple, Brussel Sprouts, Cabbage, Celery, Cherry, Cotton seeds, Cucumber, Eggplant, Grape, Grapefruit, Multiplying onion (inc Shallot), Lemon, Lime, Melons, Mushrooms (other than Shitake or Button), Natsudaidai (whole), Other Citrus fruits, Orange, Peach, Pear, Radish (Japanese), Strawberry, Sugar beet, Tea, Tomato, Unshu orange, Welsh (inc Leek)

Taiwan: Melons

Flufenprox

CAS No. 107713-58-6

Insecticide
(Pyrethroid)

No toxicological studies available EPA Registered: No

Flufenpyr

CAS No. 188490-07-5

Herbicide
(Pyridazinone)

New pesticide in May 2000.
Tox data available for Flufenpyr-ethyl only.

EPA Registered: No

Flufenpyr-ethyl

CAS No. 188489-07-8

Herbicide
(Pyridazinone)

PAN Data

New pesticide in May 2000.

See effects

Anemia
Blood

Endocrine: Thymus
Kidney
Liver

EPA Registered: YES

US EPA approved first-time tolerances in September 2003.

US:
Corn, Soybean, Sugarcane

See US food tolerances

Flufenzin

- see Diflovidazin

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-

-

Flumequine

CAS No. 42835-25-6

Microbiocide
(Unclassified)

PAN Data

See effects

Bladder
Blood
Body Weight Decrease
Bone

Eye
Liver
Mitogenic
Potent Photosensitizer
Teratogenic

Environmental:

Very persistent in sediments (at a fish farm site)

Contamination:

Contamination of the environment of a coastal river


EPA Registered: No

European Commission: Not allowed to be used as an active ingredient after July 25, 2003.

 

Flumethrin

CAS No. 69770-45-2

Acaricide, Insecticide
(Pyrethroid)

PAN Data

See effects

Ataxia
Body Weight Decrease
Bone

Clastogenic / Genotoxicity
Dermal
Liver
Spleen

Environmental:

Highly toxic to Daphnia (aquatic Invertebrate)

EPA Registered: No

Registered use in: New Zealand, South Africa, Tanzania

Product recall in 2002:
Australia

Flumetover

 

CAS No. 154025-04-4

Fungicide
(Unclassified)

No toxicological studies available EPA Registered: No

Flumetralin

CAS No. 62924-70-3

Plant Growth
Regulator
(2,6-Dinitroaniline)

PAN Data

See effects

Environmental:

Acute aquatic toxicity

EPA Registered: Yes

Registered use in: US

European Commission: Not allowed to be used as an active ingredient after July 25, 2003.

US: Tobacco plants

Flumetsulam

CAS No. 98967-40-9

Herbicide (Triazolopyrimidine)

PAN Data

See effects

Kidney

Environmental:

Highly toxic to Fish and Zooplankton

Potential Ground Water Pollutant

EPA Registered: Yes

Registered use in:
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Tanzania, US 

US:
Corn, Soybean

See US food tolerances

Flumezin

CAS No. 25475-73-4

Herbicide
(dicarboximide)

PAN Data

No toxicological studies available

EPA Registered: No

Flumiclorac

CAS No. 87547-04-4

Herbicide
(
n-phenylphthalimide or dicarboximide)

PAN Data

No toxicological studies available. See Flumicloac-pentyl below. EPA Registered: No

Flumiclorac-pentyl

CAS No. 87546-18-7

Herbicide
(n-phenylphthalimide or dicarboximide)

PAN Data

See effects

Blood
Kidney
Liver
Phototoxic

Environmental:

Highly toxic to Zooplankton

 

EPA Registered: Yes

Registered use in: US

US:
Corn, Soybean

See US food tolerances

Flumioxazin

CAS No. 103361-09-7

Herbicide
(n-phenylphthalimide or dicarboximide)

PAN Data

See effects

Anemia
Blood
Body Weight Decrease
Bone
Brain
Cholesterol
Cytotoxic (results equivocal)
Endocrine: Adrenal
Endocrine: Testicular
Endocrine: Thymus
Endocrine: Thyroid
Heart
Kidney
Liver
Lymph Node
Teratogen

Environmental:

Phototoxic Pesticide

Toxic to aquatic invertebrates.

Highly toxic to terrestrial plants

EPA Registered: Yes

Registered use in:
Hungary and countries listed below:

Argentina: Soybean, Sunflower
Brazil: Soybean
China
France: Grape
Hungary
Israel
Japan
Paraguay: Soybean
South Africa: Soybean, Groundnut
Spain: Soybean, Peanut
Zimbabwe

Japan:
Apple • Grape • Grapefruit • Japanese pear • Lemon • Lime • NATSUDAIDAI (whole) • Orange (including Navel) • Other Citrus fruits • Peanuts (dry) • Pear • Soybeans (dry) • UNSHU orange

US: Permitted in or on 38 food commodities:
Almond (hulls & nutmeat) • Cotton (gin byproducts & undelinted seed) • Arracacha • Arrowroot • Artichoke, ( chinese & jerusalem) • Canna, edible • Cassava • Chayote root • Chufa • Dasheen • Garlic (bulb) • Ginger • GrapeOnion (dry bulb) • Leren • Peanuts • Peppermint (tops) • Pistachio • Potato • Potato culls • Potato granules flakes • Potato peel, wet • Potato processed potato waste • Potato, specialty • Shallot (bulb) • Soybean seed  • Spearmint (tops) • Sugarcane (cane) • Sweet potato • Sweet Potato, Roots • Tanier • Turmeric • Yam (bean & true)

See US food tolerances

Flumipropyn

CAS No. 84478-52-4

Herbicide
(n-phenylphthalimide or dicarboximide)

PAN Data

No toxicological studies available EPA Registered: No

Flumorph

CAS No. 211867-47-9

Fungicide
(Morpholine)

April 2002, New Pesticide: No Tox data available. EPA Registered: No

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