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Updates from the Daily News Blog

Sleep Disorders in Farmers and Farmworkers Linked to Pesticide Exposure in Study Supporting Similar Findings
January 31, 2025

Study Links Numerous Chemical Families of Pesticides to Endocrine Disrupting Effects, Including Obesity
December 17, 2024

Researchers Find Further Proof of a Link between Pesticides and Parkinson’s
January 8, 2013

Study Links Pesticide Exposure to Skin Cancer
April 1, 2010

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Benomyl

General Information

• Fact Sheet: Benomyl.pdf
• Product Names:

  No Currently Registered Products

   

• Chemical Class: Fungicide
• Uses: Phased out
• Alternatives: Phased out
• Beyond Pesticides rating: Toxic

Health and Environmental Effects

• Cancer: Possible (1), Yes (2)
• Endocrine Disruption: Probable (3)
• Reproductive Effects: Yes (2)
• Neurotoxicity: Yes (4)
• Kidney/Liver Damage: Yes (5)
• Sensitizer/ Irritant: Yes (5)
• Birth/Developmental: Yes (2, 6)
• Detected in Groundwater: Yes (2)
• Potential Leacher: Not documented
• Toxic to Birds: Not documented
• Toxic to Fish/Aquatic Organisms: Yes (2)
• Toxic to Bees: Not documented

Residential Uses as Found in the ManageSafe™ Database

• Mold

Additional Information

• Regulatory Status:
  • Voluntarily Cancelled (7/2002)
• Supporting information:
  • Daily News Blog entries (Beyond Pesticides)
  • Extoxnet Aldicarb Factsheet: Benomyl (Extension Toxicology Network)
  • PAN Pesticides Database: Benomyl (Pesticide Action Network)
• Studies [compiled from the Pesticide-Induced Diseases Database]
  • Aldehyde dehydrogenase variation enhances effect of pesticides associated with Parkinson disease.. Fitzmaurice AG, Rhodes SL, et al. 2014. Neurology.82(5):419-26.
  • Impact of Endocrine Disrupting Pesticide Use on Obesity: A Systematic Review. Pérez-Bermejo, M. et al. (2024) Impact of Endocrine Disrupting Pesticide Use on Obesity: A Systematic Review, Biomedicines. Available at: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/12/12/2677.
  • Pesticide exposure and sleep disorder: A cross-sectional study among Thai farmers. Juntarawijit, C. et al. (2025) Pesticide exposure and sleep disorder: A cross-sectional study among Thai farmers, Heliyon. Available at: https://www.cell.com/heliyon/fulltext/S2405-8440(24)17154-X.