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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 Although the information provided here was accurate and current when first created, it is now outdated.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  
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]
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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