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Disulfoton

General Information

• Disulfoton product names
• Chemical Class: organophosphate insecticide
• Uses: Agriculture asparagus, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, Chinese cabbage, cauliflower, coffee, lettuce, pepper (bell, chili, and pimento), barley, succulent beans (lima and snap), cotton, peanuts, white/Irish potato, wheat, clover grown for seed, radish grown for seed, commercially grown
  ornamental flowers/groundcover/herbaceous plants, ornamental shrubs and trees, ornamental woody shrubs and vines (field or nursery stock), and Christmas trees, Residential flowers and ornamentals; Targets aphids , beetle (Colorado potato, cottonwood leaf, elm leaf, flea, Mexican bean), billbugs, bugs, borers, fly (Hessian), grasshoppers, leafhoppers, leafminer (birch, holly), mealybugs, midge (sorghum), mite (banks grass, red spider), moth (Nantucket pine tip, pine shoot, pine tip), psyllids (potato), scale (camellia, European elm, rhododendron, soft brown, soft, tea), thrips, webworm (mimosa), wireworm (southern potato), and whiteflies
• Alternatives: Agriculture,Christmas trees, Ornamentals
• Beyond Pesticides rating: Toxic

Health Effects

• EPA Acute Toxicity Class: I (highly toxic)
• Cancer: Unlikely (4)
• Endocrine Disruption: Not documented
• Reproductive Effects: Yes (4)
• Neurotoxicity: No (8)
• Kidney/ Liver Damage: Yes (4)
• Sensitizer/ Irritant: Yes (8)
• Birth/ Developmental Defects: No (4)

Environmental Effects

• Detected in Groundwater: Yes (4, 37)
• Detected in Streams: Not documented
• Potential Leacher: Yes (43)
• Toxic to Birds: Yes (8)
• Toxic to Fish/ Aquatic Organisms: Yes (8, 4)
• Toxic to Bees: Yes (8)
• Toxic to Mammals: Not documented
• Long-Range Transport: Not documented

Additional Information

• Regulatory Information:
  • EPA Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) signed (7/2006)
• Supporting information:
  • Daily News Blog entries (Beyond Pesticides)
  • Extoxnet Disulfoton Factsheet (Extension Toxicology Network)
  • PAN Pesticides Database:Disulfoton (Pesticide Action Network)
  • Scorecard Disulfoton Factsheet (Environmental Defense Fund)
  • Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry
• Key Studies: