Adverse Effects
Chlorflurazole
CAS No. 3615-21-2

 
 

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Activity: Herbicide (Benzimidazole)
Structure:

Adverse Effects:
Liver

• No toxicological information available.

Major Uses:
HERBICIDE
[Farm Chemicals Handbook 1993. Willoughby, OH: Meister Publishing Co., 1993.,p. C-76]

Metabolism/Metabolites:
YIELDS 4,5-DICHLORO-6-HYDROXY-2-TRIFLUOROMETHYLBENZIMIDAZOLE & 4,5-DICHLORO-7-HYDROXY-2-TRIFLUOROMETHYLBENZIMIDAZOLE IN RABBIT & RAT. /FROM TABLE/
[Goodwin, B.L. Handbook of Intermediary Metabolism of Aromatic Compounds. New York: Wiley, 1976.,p. D-26]

FORMERLY MANUFACTURED BY FISONS LTD.
[Farm Chemicals Handbook 1984. Willoughby, Ohio: Meister Publishing Co., 1984.,p. C-51]

Ref: Hazardous Substances Data Bank
for CHLOROFLUORAZOLE - CASRN: 3615-21-2
(Note spelling)

Liver (click on for all fluorinated pesticides)

Animal Toxicity Studies: Non-Human Toxicity Excerpts: ... AN UNCOUPLER OF OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION CAUSING 50% UNCOUPLING OF RAT LIVER MITOCHONDRIAL OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION AT 6X10-7 MOLAR ALSO STIMULATING ATPASE ACTIVITY & CELL RESPIRATION. [Spencer, E. Y. Guide to the Chemicals Used in Crop Protection. 7th ed. Publication 1093. Research Institute, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada: Information Canada, 1982. 107]
Ref: TOXNET profile from Hazardous Substances Data Bank for CHLOROFLUORAZOLE.
http://www.fluoridealert.org/pesticides/chlorfluorazole.toxnet.hsdb.htm

Environmental

Fluoride/fluorinated substances identified in Agreement between Canada and the United States on Great Lakes Water Quality, 1978.
Appendix 1 - Hazardous Polluting Substances: Ammonium Bifluoride * Ammonium Fluoborate * Ammonium Fluoride * Ammonium Silicofluoride * Antimony Trifluoride * Beryllium Fluoride * Ferric Fluoride * Hydrofluoric Acid * Lead Fluoborate * Lead Fluoride * Sodium Bifluoride * Sodium Fluoride * Zinc Fluoride * Zinc Silicofluoride * Zirconium Potassium Fluoride.
Appendix 2 - Potential Hazardous Polluting Substances:
Aluminum Fluoride * Antimony Pentafluoride * Benfluralin * Chlorflurazole * Cobaltous Fluoride * Stannous Fluoride

 
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