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Resmethrin

General Information

• Fact Sheet: Synthetic Pyrethroids.pdf
• Product Names:
  Scourge (Bayer) formulated with Piperonyl butoxide
• Chemical Class: Pyrethroid insecticide
• Uses: Residential, commercial and industrial settings, in animal living areas, and hospitals; crack and crevice spray and enclosed space fog in food handling establishments such as food processing/handling plants, restaurants, commercial food item transportation, and food storage facilities.
• Alternatives: Least-toxic Mosquito cotnrol, hospitals
• Beyond Pesticides rating: Toxic

Health and Environmental Effects

• Cancer: Not documented
• Endocrine Disruption: Yes (7)
• Reproductive Effects: Yes (4)
• Neurotoxicity: Not documented
• Kidney/Liver Damage: Yes (4)
• Sensitizer/ Irritant: Not documented
• Birth/Developmental Not documented
• Detected in Groundwater: Not documented
• Potential Leacher: Not documented
• Toxic to Birds: Not documented
• Toxic to Fish/Aquatic Organisms: Yes (4)
• Toxic to Bees: Yes (4)

Additional Information

• Regulatory Status:
  • EPA Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) signed (6/2006)
• Supporting information:
  • Asthma, Children and Pesticides (Beyond Pesticides)
  • Extoxnet Resmethrin Factsheet (Extension Toxicology Network)
  • NCAP Resmethrin Factsheet (Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides)
  • PAN Pesticide Database Information: Resmethrin (Pesticide Action Network)
  • Scorecard Resmethrin Factsheet (The Pollution Information Site)