The EPA Proposes Canceling Propoxur

The EPA Proposes Canceling Propoxur

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On July 1, 2015 the EPA released a statement on the request of all manufacturers to voluntarily cancel the registration of propoxur as part of EPA’s preliminary human health risk assessment.

Jim Jones, assistant administrator for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. Is quoted as saying “Today, we are taking strong steps to protect human health—especially the health of children—from this widely used insecticide,” said Jim “
http://www2.epa.gov/safepestcontrol/proposed-cancellation-certain-uses-propoxur
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/1039131D0C0F6C9A85257E75005C4431

See the 15 Page publication notice copy to include malathion, glyphosate, Paraquat dichloride, Carfentrazone-ethyl, Quizalofop-p-ethyl, Metsulfuron, thifensulfuron, tribenuron-methyl, Flufenpyr-ethyl, Flutolanil and others.
http://www2.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-07/documents/prepublicationcopy_frl-9928-54_2015-07-01.pdf

Products that contain the active ingredient propoxur that you will probably no longer be able to use or purchase. The active ingredient used under Propoxur; Baygon; Aprocarb; Sendran; Propoxure; Blattanex

Is your pest control business prepared to do with out propoxur and what preparations will you need to make and what are the alternatives.

Invader aerosol by FMC

http://www.fmcprosolutions.com/PestControl/Products/FlushingContactAerosols/InvaderInsecticide.aspx

Larva-Lur granualr bait by Zoecon

http://www.zoecon.com/familyofproducts.php?family=Prentiss/Envincio&id=67

2% Propoxur by BASF

http://pestcontrol.basf.us/products/pt-2-propoxur-bait.html

Illnesses Attributed to Products like Propoxur

Propoxur Acute (short-term) exposure of humans to propoxur by ingestion leads to cholinesterase inhibition of red blood cells and Chronic (long-term) inhalation exposure has resulted in depressed cholinesterase to levels.

See Propoxur Cholinesterase Inhibition explanation

http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/profiles/extoxnet/TIB/cholinesterase.html

Pesticide exposures, cholinesterase depression, and symptoms among North Carolina migrant farmworkers.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1614838/

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