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Boric Acid
General Information
- Beyond Pesticides Boric Acid ChemWatch Fact Sheet
- Boric Acid Product Names
- Chemical Class: Boron compound
- Uses and Alternatives: Residential, insecticide, fungicide, herbicide
- Beyond Pesticides rating: Least-toxic
Health and Environmental Effects
- Cancer: Not documented
- Endocrine Disruption: Not documented
- Reproductive Effects: Yes(7)
- Neurotoxicity: Not documented
- Kidney/ Liver Damage: Not documented
- Sensitizer/ Irritant: Yes(7)
- Birth/ Developmental Defects: Yes(7)
- Detected in Groundwater: Not documented
- Potential Leacher: Not documented
- Toxic to Birds: Not documented
- Toxic to Fish/ Aquatic Organisms: Not documented
- Toxic to Bees: Not documented
Additional Information
- Regulatory Status:
- EPA Tolerance Reassessment Eligibility Decision (TRED) signed (7/2006)
- Supporting information:
- Northwest Coaltion for Alternatives to Pesticides Boric Acid Fact Sheet
- PAN Pesticides Database: Boric Acid (Pesticide Action Network)
- Key Studies:
- Boric Acid Outperforms Dursban® In School District IPM Program for Cockroaches. Daar, S. 1988. The IPM Practitioner 10(4):5. Bio-Integral Research Center, Berkeley, CA.
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