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Activity:
Acaricide,
Insecticide (unclassified)
Structure:
Adverse
Effects:
• Environmental
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Announced on November 26, 2002: European
Commission: Fenazaflor
is one of 320 pesticides to
be withdrawn in July 2003.
"Some 320 substances used in plant protection products
(PPPs) - including insecticides, fungicides and herbicides
- are to be withdrawn from the market by 25 July 2003 as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.
•
No toxicological studies available.
•
WHO:
believed obsolete or discontinued - however, according to
PAN it is used in India.
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Environmental
- (click on for all fluorinated pesticides)
LC50
guppies 0.2 ppm/24 hr
[Martin, H. and C.R. Worthing (eds.). Pesticide Manual. 4th ed.
Worcestershire, England: British Crop Protection Council, 1974.
267]
Ref: From Hazardous Substance Data Bank
for LOVOZAL [a synonym for Fenazaflor] CASRN: 14255-88-0 at Toxnet
TERRESTRIAL FATE: MAJOR DEGRADATION PRODUCT OF ACARICIDE FENAZAFLOR
WAS FOUND TO BE 5,6-DICHLORO-2-TRIFLUOROMETHYLBENZIMIDAZOLE
...
[Menzie, C.M. Metabolism of Pesticides, Update II. U.S. Department
of the Interior, Fish Wildlife Service, Special Scientific Report
- Wildlife No. 2l2. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office,
1978.138]
Ref: Hazardous Substances Data Bank at Toxnet
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