Barium hexafluorosilicate
CAS No. 17125-80-3
 
 

ACTIVITY: Fluorine insecticide (Inorganic)

Structure:

Environmental Effects

Banned in Austria. This action applies to barium compounds. All uses banned. High persistence in the environment and bioaccumulation in the food chain. Contamination of water and accumulation in plants occur. Ref: Pan Pesticides Database.

Regulatory Information
(only comprehensive for the US)
US EPA Registered: No
US EPA PC Code: 075302
Registered Use in:
(This is only a limited list of countries)
India
European Union:

Banned in Austria, see above.

EU: Not allowed to be used as an active ingredient after July 25, 2003

Other Information
Molecular Formula:

Ba F6 Si
INORGANIC

Other Names:
Barium silicofluoride,
Fluorosilicic acid salts
Barium fluorosilicate
Barium fluosilicate
Barium hexafluorosilicate(2-)
Barium silicon fluoride
Bariumsilicofluorid [German]
Caswell No. 070
EINECS 241-189-1
Hexafluorosilicate(2-) barium (1:1)
Silicate(2-), hexafluoro-, barium
Silicon fluoride barium salt
Of special interest:
PAN Data 
Banned in Austria. This action applies to barium compounds. All uses banned. High persistence in the environment and bioaccumulation in the food chain. Contamination of water and accumulation in plants occur. Ref: Pan Pesticides Database.
Nov 26, 2002 - European Commission: Barium fluosilicate is one of 320 pesticides to be withdrawn in July 2003. "Some 320 substances used in plant protection products (PPPs) Ð including insecticides, fungicides and herbicides Ð are to be withdrawn from the market by 25 July 2003 as part of the European Commission's new approach to the evaluation of active substances in plant protection products. This aims to improve safeguards to ensure that all such products in use are safe for the environment and human health. Users, wholesalers and retailers of plant protection products will need to be aware of whether the products they use or sell are likely to be withdrawn, so as to prevent them being left with stocks of unusable material. Those concerned should contact their national authority to check the authorisation status for any particular product. The Regulation (n¡ 2076/2002 of 20 November 2002), with the list of the 320 substances, has been published in the Offical Journal. Ref: MIDDAY EXPRESS. News from the Press and Communication Service's midday briefing. 
Online as of Dec 2, 2001 - Listed as a "Deleterious Substance" under the "Poisonous and and Deleterious Substances Control Law" by the National Institute of Health Sciences in Japan 
1927 -Patented in 1927 for use as an insecticide. Howard S. McQUAID, Cleveland, Ohio, assignor to The Grasselli Chemical Company, of Cleveland, Ohio: "Production of Barium Silicofluoride"; US Patent 1,648,143; filed Nov. 22, 1926; patented Nov. 8, 1927 (Process for production of barium silicofluoride from sodium silicofluoride for use as an insecticide) Ref: Patents on Fluoride Insecticides 

Related Chemicals:
Ref: Pesticide Action Network (PAN)
CAS No. Relation Chemical Name PAN & FAN data Some Notes from FAN:
16893-85-9 Parent * Sodium fluosilicate

PAN

FAN

US EPA List 3 inert

Registered in:
Australia, Canada, India, South Africa, Tanzania, Vietnam

UK: Cancelled

 
16919-19-0 Related (1)

Ammonium fluosilicate

PAN

FAN

US EPA List 3 inert

SYN: Ammonium silicofluoride

62449-69-8 Related (1) Ammonium fluosilicate on silica gel

PAN

FAN

SYN: Barium hexafluorosilicate
17125-80-3 Related (1)

Barium fluosilicate

PAN

Registered in: India

EU: Not allowed to be used as an active ingredient after July 25, 2003

SYN: Barium hexafluorosilicate

12062-24-7 Related (1)

Cupric fluosilicate

PAN

FAN

SYN:
Copper silicofluoride,
Cupric hexafluorosilicate
1327-43-1 Related (1) Magnesium aluminum fluosilicate

PAN

FAN

US EPA List 3 inert  
16949-65-8 Related (1) Magnesium fluosilicate

PAN

FAN

- 
53404-77-6 Related (1) Sodium aluminum fluosilicate

PAN

FAN

-
16871-71-9 Related (1)

Zinc fluosilicate

PAN

FAN

PAN Bad Actor Chemical:
Developmental or Reproductive Toxin

SYN: Zinc silicofluoride

Explanation from PAN:
* Parent: Compounds labeled with a "P" are the parent compound of the group. The parent chemical was chosen on the basis of available toxicity information, where chemicals with the maximum amount of toxicity information assigned to parent status. Where no toxicity information was available for any member of a group, we assigned parent status to the least derivatized member of the group for organic compounds (e.g., benzoic acid would be the parent instead of methyl benzoate), the sodium salt (for compounds with a common anion), or the chloride salt (for compounds with a common cation). These are general guidelines and not hard and fast rules, because the groups are rarely so easy to categorize. For some groups with no obvious parent, assignment of parent status was arbitrary.

Group 1: Salts, esters and/or complexes of the parent chemical, e.g., glyphosate and glyphosate, isopropylamine salt; 2,4-D and 2,4-D, butoxyethyl ester. Alternatively, the parent compound itself is an ester or salt, and related compounds are other esters or salts.

 

 
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