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Imazethapyr
General Information
- Product Names:
Authority (FMC)
Clearpath (BASF)
Lightning (BASF)
Optill (BASF) formulated with Saflufenacil
Pursuit (BASF)
Camo (Albaugh) formulated with Fomesafen Sodium
- Chemical Class: Imidazole compound
- Uses: Controls grasses and broadleaved weeds including barnyardgrass, crabgrass, cocklebur, panicums, pigweeds, nightshade, mustard, smartweed, velvetleaf, jimsonweed, foxtails, seedling johnsongrass, lambsquarters, morningglory and others.
- Alternatives: Organic agriculture
Health and Environmental Effects
- Cancer: Not documented
- Endocrine Disruption: Not documented
- Reproductive Effects: Not documented
- Neurotoxicity: Not documented
- Kidney/Liver Damage: Not documented
- Sensitizer/ Irritant: Yes ()
- Birth/Developmental: Not documented
- 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
- Supporting information:
- Studies:
- A weight-of-evidence review of colorectal cancer in pesticide applicators: the agricultural health study and other epidemiologic studies.. Alexander DD, Weed DL, Mink PJ, Mitchell ME. 2012. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 85(7):715-45.
- Heterocyclic aromatic amine pesticide use and human cancer risk: results form the U.S. Agricultural Health Study. Koutros, S., et al. 2009. Int J Cancer 124(5):1206-1212.
- The effect of microplastics on behaviors of chiral imidazolinone herbicides in the aquatic environment: Residue, degradation and distribution. Hu, M., Hou, N., Li, Y., Liu, Y., Zhang, H., Zeng, D., & Tan, H. (2021). The effect of microplastics on behaviors of chiral imidazolinone herbicides in the aquatic environment: Residue, degradation and distribution. Journal of hazardous materials, 418, 126176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126176
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