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Mancozeb

General Information

• Chemical Class: ethylene bisdithiocarbamate (EBDC) fungicide
• Uses: Fungicide used in agriculture, professional turf management, and horticulture, on a wide variety of food/feed crops, including tree fruits, vegetable crops, field crops and grapes, ornamental plants, and sod farms. Other uses include greenhouse grown flowers and ornamentals, and seed and seed piece treatment.
• Alternatives: Organic Agriculture
• Beyond Pesticides rating: Toxic

Health Effects

• EPA Acute Toxicity Class: IV (practically non-toxic)
• Cancer: Yes (21)
• Endocrine Disruption: Yes (30, 36)
• Reproductive Effects: Not documented
• Neurotoxicity: Not documented
• Kidney/ Liver Damage: Not documented
• Sensitizer/ Irritant: Yes (4)
• Birth/ Developmental Defects: Yes (4)

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: Yes (8)
• Toxic to Bees: Yes (19)
• Toxic to Mammals: Not documented
• Long-Range Transport: Not documented

Additional Information

• Regulatory Information:
  • EPA Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) signed (9/2005)
  • EPA Factsheet (9/2005)
• Supporting information:
• Extoxnet Mancozeb Factsheet (Extension Toxicology Network)
• PAN Pesticides Database - Mancozeb (Pesticide Action Network)
• Key Studies:
  • Top 15 Farmworker Poison