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UN PIC & U.S. PIC-Nominated Pesticides List
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Note: This information is provided for reference purposes only. Although the information provided here was accurate and current when first created, it is now outdated. |
Following is a list of 22 UN PIC pesticides, 4 UN Severely Hazardous
Pesticide Formulations (SHPF), 6 UN PIC pesticides added during the interim
period, and 36 additional U.S. actions reported, originally nominated
for inclusion on the PIC list, and based on PIC definitions of the voluntary
program. (Two of the six interim pesticides were included in the original
U.S. list, bringing the total to 64.)
# |
Pesticide
|
UN PIC List |
Banned |
Severely Restricted
|
SHPF |
1 |
aldrin |
x |
x |
no |
no |
2 |
arsenic trioxide |
no |
no |
x |
no |
3 |
asbestos all forms (Interim) |
x |
x |
no |
no |
4 |
benzene hexachloride[BHC] |
x |
x |
no |
no |
5 |
binapacryl (Interim) |
no |
x |
no |
no |
6 |
2,3,4,5-Bis(2-butylene)tetrahydro-2-furaldehyde [Repellent-11] |
no |
x |
no |
no |
7 |
bromoxynil butyrate |
no |
x |
no |
no |
8 |
cadmium compounds |
no |
x |
no |
no |
9 |
calcium arsenate |
no |
x |
no |
no |
10 |
captafol |
x |
x |
no |
no |
11 |
carbofuran (granular only) |
no |
no |
x |
no |
12 |
carbon tetrachloride |
no |
x |
no |
no |
13 |
chloranil |
no |
x |
no |
no |
14 |
chlordane |
x |
x |
no |
no |
15 |
chlordecone (kepone) |
no |
x |
no |
no |
16 |
chlordimeform |
x |
x |
no |
no |
17 |
chlorobenzilate |
x |
x |
no |
no |
18 |
chloromethoxypropylmercuric acetate [CPMA] |
no |
x |
no |
no |
19 |
copper arsenate |
no |
x |
no |
no |
20 |
daminozide/alar |
no |
no |
x |
no |
21 |
DBCP |
no |
x |
no |
no |
22 |
DDT |
x |
x |
no |
no |
23 |
dieldrin |
x |
x |
no |
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24 |
dinoseb and salts |
x |
x |
no |
no |
25 |
Di(phenylmercury)dodecenylsuccinate [PMDS] |
no |
x |
no |
no |
26 |
DNOC (Interim) |
x |
x |
no |
no |
27 |
1,2-dibromoethane ethylene dibromide - EDB)
|
x |
x |
no |
no |
28 |
ethylene dichloride (EDC) (Interim)
|
no |
x |
no |
no |
29 |
ethylene oxide (ETO) (Interim) agricultural
uses only |
no |
no |
x |
no |
30 |
endrin |
no |
x |
no |
no |
31 |
EPN |
no |
x |
no |
no |
32 |
ethyl hexyleneglycol [6-12]
|
no |
x |
no |
no |
33 |
fluoroacetamide |
x |
x |
no |
no |
34 |
heptachlor |
x |
no |
x |
no |
35 |
hexachlorobenzene [HCB] |
x |
x |
no |
no |
36 |
lead arsenate |
no |
x |
no |
no |
37 |
leptophos |
no |
x |
no |
no |
38 |
lindane |
x |
no |
x |
no |
39 |
mercury compounds
(mercurous chloride and mercuric chloride) |
x |
x |
no |
no |
40 |
methamidophos |
x |
no |
no |
x |
41 |
methyl parathion |
x |
no |
no |
x |
42 |
mevinphos |
no |
x |
no |
no |
43 |
mirex |
no |
x |
no |
no |
44 |
monocrotophos |
x |
x |
no |
no |
45 |
nitrofen (TOK) |
no |
x |
no |
no |
46 |
OMPA (octamethylpyrophosphoramide)
|
no |
x |
no |
no |
47 |
parathion (ethyl) |
x |
no |
no |
x |
48 |
pentachlorophenol |
x |
no |
x |
no |
49 |
phenylmercury acetate [PMA] |
no |
x |
no |
no |
50 |
phenylmercuric oleate [PMO]
|
no |
x |
no |
x |
51 |
phosphamidon |
x |
no |
no |
no |
52 |
potassium 2,4,5-trichlorophenate [2,4,5-TCP] |
no |
x |
no |
no |
53 |
pyriminil [Vacor] |
no |
x |
no |
no |
54 |
safrole |
no |
x |
no |
no |
55 |
silvex |
no |
x |
no |
no |
56 |
sodium arsenate |
no |
no |
x |
no |
57 |
sodium arsenite |
no |
x |
no |
no |
58 |
TDE |
no |
x |
no |
no |
59 |
Terpene polychlorinates [Strobane] |
no |
x |
no |
no |
60 |
thallium sulfate |
no |
x |
no |
no |
61 |
toxaphene (chlorinated camphene) (Interim)
|
x |
x |
no |
no |
62 |
tributyltin compounds |
no |
no |
x |
no |
63 |
2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic acid [2,4,5-T]
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x |
x |
no |
no |
64 |
vinyl chloride |
no |
x |
no |
no |
* Pentachlorophenol is still registered for use in the U.S. as a wood
preservative.
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