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Bitertanol

General Information

• Product Names:

  No Currently Registered Products

• Chemical Class: Azole fungicide
• Uses: No US registered uses. For imports: post emergence control of black sigatoka leaf spot on imported banana and plantain.
• Alternatives: Organic agriculture
• Beyond Pesticides rating: Toxic

Health and Environmental Effects

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

Additional Information

• Regulatory Status:
  • No US Registered Uses EPA
  • TRED signed 11/2005
• Supporting information:
  • PAN Pesticides Database: Bitertanol (Pesticide Action Network)
• Studies [compiled from the Pesticide-Induced Diseases Database]
  • In vitro-in vivo correlations for endocrine activity of a mixture of currently used pesticides.. Taxvig C, Hadrup N, Boberg J, et al. 2013. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol.272(3):757-66
  • Effects of triazole fungicides on androgenic disruption and CYP3A4 enzyme activity. Lv, X., Pan, L., Wang, J., Lu, L., Yan, W., Zhu, Y., Xu, Y., Guo, M., & Zhuang, S. (2017). Effects of triazole fungicides on androgenic disruption and CYP3A4 enzyme activity. Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987), 222, 504–512. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2016.11.051