The following alerts are based on the data in the tables below. An absence of an alert does not imply the substance has no implications for human health, biodiversity or the environment but just that we do not have the data to form a judgement.
Environmental fate
Ecotoxicity
Human health
 
 
Human health Low alert
GENERAL INFORMATION
Description
A post-emergence herbicide, usually used as the sodium salt, for the control of grasses, sedges and broad-leaved weeds in paddy rice and other crops/situations
Example pests controlled
Alligatorweed, Duckweed, Mosquito ferm, Water fern, Water hyacinth, Water pennywort, Parrot feather; Annual bluegrass; Creeping bent grass
Example applications
Aquatic sitiuations such as drainage ditches, lakes, marshes; Golf courses, turf grass & sod farms
Efficacy & activity
-
Availability status
Current
Introduction & key dates
1998, discovered; 1997, first introduced
UK regulatory status
UK COPR regulatory status
Approved
Date COPR inclusion expires
31/07/2026
UK LERAP status
No UK approval for use
EC Regulation 1107/2009 (repealing 91/414)
EC Regulation 1107/2009 status
Approved
Dossier rapporteur/co-rapporteur
Italy/Portugal
Date EC 1107/2009 inclusion expires
31/07/2023
EU Candidate for substitution (CfS)
No
Listed in EU database
Yes - as sodium salt
Approved for use (✓) under EC 1107/2009 in the following EU Member States
Resistance to ALS-inhibitors is locally present in sub-populations of Alisma plantago-aquatica and Schoenoplectus mucronatus in Southern European rice growing areas
Lewis, K.A., Tzilivakis, J., Warner, D. and Green, A. (2016) An international database for pesticide risk assessments and management. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal, 22(4), 1050-1064. DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2015.1133242