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
Environmental fate High alert: Persistent; GUS: High leachability
Ecotoxicity Moderate alert: Fish acute ecotoxicity: Moderate; Fish chronic ecotoxicity: Moderate; Bees acute contact ecotoxicity: Moderate; Earthworms acute ecotoxicity: Moderate
Human health Moderate alert: Mammals acute toxicity: Moderate; Possible Reproduction/development effects
GENERAL INFORMATION
Description
A herbicide used to control a broad range of herbaceous, woody, annual and perennial weeds in non-cropland areas, rights-of-way, and industrial sites
Example pests controlled
Bluegrass; Chickweed; Clover; Docks; Virginia creeper; Whitethorn; Eastern cottonwood; Chamise; Blackberry; Black higory; Bitternut hickory
Example applications
Non-crop areas such as paths; roads, right-of-way, industrial sites
Efficacy & activity
-
Availability status
Current
Introduction & key dates
1975, Brazil
UK regulatory status
UK COPR regulatory status
Not approved
Date COPR inclusion expires
Expired
UK LERAP status
No UK approval for use
EC Regulation 1107/2009 (repealing 91/414)
EC Regulation 1107/2009 status
Not approved
Dossier rapporteur/co-rapporteur
Not applicable
Date EC 1107/2009 inclusion expires
Expired
EU Candidate for substitution (CfS)
-
Listed in EU database
Yes
Approved for use (✓) under EC 1107/2009 in the following EU Member States
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