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Adverse Effects
ACTIVITY: US
EPA List 3 Inert
Structure:
Adverse
Effects:
Cancer:
Limited evidence for carcinogenicity
- STOMACH
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Regulatory
Information
(only comprehensive for the US) |
US
EPA Registered: |
Yes.
EPA
List 3 Inert |
Other
Information |
Other
Names: |
Khladon
31
Methylene chloride fluoride
R 31
Monochloromonofluoromethane
.G 31
FC 31 7
Freon 31
Genetron 31
Chlorofluoromethane
CFC 31
R 31 (Refrigerant)
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Of special interest: |
1986
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IARC: Summary of Data
Reported and Evaluation |
TOXICOL
APPL PHARMACOL 48(1):A109,1979
INHALATION TOXICITY OF MONOCHLOROMONOFLUOROMETHANE
Authors: COATE WB, VOELKER R, KAPP RW JR.
ANDERSON J. CHARM J |
US
EPA List of Inerts. This substance
is on List
3.
Note:
US EPA allows so-called "Inert" ingredients to be commonly
mixed with the "active" pesticidal ingredient to
create a formulated pesticide product. According
to EPA, "The term `inert' is not intended to imply
nontoxicity; the ingredient may or may not be chemically active."
"Inert" ingredients include solvents, emulsifiers,
spreaders, and other substances mixed into pesticide products
to increase the effectiveness of the active ingredients, make
the product easier to apply, or to allow several active ingredients
to mix in one solution. Both US EPA and California Department
of Pesticide Regulation require pesticide manufacturers to
identify inert ingredients in their products but do not disclose
this information to the general public because the pesticide
industry considers product formulations trade secrets, protected
by law and by the US EPA. The US EPA category of Inerts (as
of September 2003):
List 1
- Of Toxicological Concern
List 2 - Potentially
Toxic / High Priority for Testing
List
3 - Of Unknown Toxicity
List 4A - Generally Regarded as Safe
List 4B - EPA states it has Sufficient Information to Reasonably
Conclude that the Current Use Pattern in Pesticide Products
will not Adversely Affect Public Health or the Environment
List 4 (all)
The complete list
of Inerts as listed by EPA in 2001 - (several inerts have
been removed since this date).
See
good report: Toxic
Secrets": "Inert" Ingredients in Pesticides
1987-1997, published by Northwest
Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides. |
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