Adverse Effects
Flumetralin
CAS No.
62924-70-3
 
 

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Activity: Plant growth regulator (2,6-Dinitroaniline)
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Adverse Effects:
Environmental

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

• The pesticide Prime+ @ is 15% Flumetralin and 85% solvent system. It is produced by Ciba, Ltd. to control axillary bud (sucker) growth after the floral portion of tobacco plants have been topped. Prime+ ¨ is absorbed by the tobacco plant within a few hours after application and provides residual sucker control through the growing season. US EPA does not conduct toxicological studies on tobacco pesticides. No toxicological data is available.


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Rationale for US EPA to add Flumetralin to the Toxic Release Inventory: Aquatic acute toxicity values for flumetralin include a daphnid 48-hour EC 50 of greater than 2.8 ppb, a bluegill sunfish 96-hour LC 50 of greater than 3.2 ppb, and a rainbow trout 96-hour LC 50 of greater than 3.2 ppb.
EPA believes that there is sufficient evidence for listing flumetralin on EPCRA section 313 pursuant to EPCRA
section 313(d)(2)(C) based on the available environmental toxicity data for this chemical.

Ref: USEPA/OPP. Support Document for the Addition of Chemicals from Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Active Ingredients to EPCRA Section 313. U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (1993). As cited by US EPA in: Federal Register: January 12, 1994. Part IV. 40 CFR Part 372. Addition of Certain Chemicals; Toxic Chemical Release Reporting; Community Right-to-Know; Proposed Rule.

Ref: Acute Aquatic Ecotoxicity Summaries for Flumetralin on All Taxa Groups. PAN Pesticides Database - Chemical Toxicity Studies on Aquatic Organisms.
http://www.pesticideinfo.org/List_AquireAcuteSum.jsp?Rec_Id=PC35963
Common Name Scientific Name Avg Species LC50 (ug/L) LC50 Std Dev Number of Studies Avg Species Rating Outlier Result for Organism Group?

Fish

Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus 14.7 8.39 3 Very Highly Toxic  
Rainbow trout,donaldson trout Oncorhynchus mykiss 13.6 10.4 2 Very Highly Toxic  

 
Zooplankton

Opossum shrimp Americamysis bahia 94.0 - 1 Very Highly Toxic  

 
 
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