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Benfluralin

General Information

• Chemical Class: Dinitroaniline Herbicide
• Uses: Applied to non-bearing fruit and nut trees, non-bearing berries, non-bearing vineyards, turf, ornamentals, rights of way, Christmas tree Plantations, lettuce, alfalfa and residential for control of Johnsongrass seedlings, chickweed,lambsquarters, purslane, knotweed, clover, pigweed, plantain,crabgrass, foxtail, goosegrass, and Poa annua, barnyardgrass and fescue. Benfluralin works by inhibiting growth (mitotic disruptor).
• Beyond Pesticides rating:

Health Effects

• EPA Acute Toxicity Class: IV Practically non toxic (8)
• Cancer: "suggestive evidence of carcinogenicity" (8)
• Endocrine Disruption: Not documented
• Reproductive Effects: Not documented
• Neurotoxicity: Not documented
• Kidney/ Liver Damage: Not documented
• Sensitizer/ Irritant: Yes (8)
• Birth/ Developmental Defects: Not documented

Environmental Effects

• Detected in Groundwater: Not documented
• Detected in Streams: Not documented
• Potential Leacher: Not documented
• Toxic to Birds: Not documented
• Toxic to Fish/ Aquatic Organisms: Not documented
• Toxic to Bees: Not documented
• Toxic to Mammals: Not documented
• Long-Range Transport: Not documented

Additional Information

• Regulatory Information:
  • EPA Reregistration Eligibility Decsion (RED) Signed 7/2004
• Supporting information:
  • PAN Pesticides Database: Benfluralin (Pesticide Action Network)