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
 
 
 
GENERAL INFORMATION
Description
A pyrethroid insecticide that is used in a wide range of crops to control various soil pests
Example pests controlled
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Example applications
-
Efficacy & activity
-
Availability status
Current
Introduction & key dates
2014
UK regulatory status
UK COPR regulatory status
Approved (via tefluthrin)
Date COPR inclusion expires
31/07/2024
UK LERAP status
Not specifically approved in the UK
EC Regulation 1107/2009 (repealing 91/414)
EC Regulation 1107/2009 status
Approved (via tefluthrin)
Dossier rapporteur/co-rapporteur
Belgium/Hungary
Date EC 1107/2009 inclusion expires
31/12/2024
EU Candidate for substitution (CfS)
Yes - two 'Persistent-Bioaccumulative-Toxic' criteria
Listed in EU database
Yes as bifenthrin
Approved for use (✓) under EC 1107/2009 in the following EU Member States
ATAustria
BEBelgium
BGBulgaria
CYCyprus
CZCzech Republic
DEGermany
DKDenmark
EEEstonia
ELGreece
✓
✓
✓
 
✓
✓
✓
 
✓
ESSpain
FIFinland
FRFrance
HRCroatia
HUHungary
IEIreland
ITItaly
LTLithuania
LULuxembourg
✓
 
✓
✓
✓
 
✓
 
 
LVLatvia
MTMalta
NLNetherlands
PLPoland
PTPortugal
RORomania
SESweden
SISlovenia
SKSlovakia
 
 
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
Additional information
Also used in
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Chemical structure
Isomerism
Technical kappa-tefluthrin is the Z-(1R, 3R) enantiomer of tefluthrin
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