Gateway test
Flonicamid
General Information
- Product Names:
- Chemical Class: Insectide
- Uses: Controls whiteflies, aphids, thrips, leafhoppers, mealybugs, scale, stink bugs
- Alternatives: Organic agriculture
- Beyond Pesticides rating:
Health and Environmental Effects
- Cancer: Suggestive Evidence (1)
- Endocrine Disruption: Not documented
- Reproductive Effects: Possible (1)
- Neurotoxicity: Possible (1)
- Kidney/Liver Damage: Likely (1)
- Sensitizer/ Irritant: No (1)
- Birth/Developmental: Not documented
- Detected in Groundwater: Not documented
- Potential Leacher: Not documented
- Toxic to Birds: Not documented
- Toxic to Fish/Aquatic Organisms: Yes (2)
- Toxic to Bees: Yes (3)
Additional Information
- Supporting information:
- PAN Pesticides Database: (Pesticide Action Network)
- AERU Pesticides Properties Database
- Studies [compiled from the Pesticide-Induced Diseases Database]
- Currently used and legacy pesticides in the marine atmosphere from Patagonia to Europe. Debler, F., Gandrass, J., Paul Ramacher, M. O., Koenig, A. M., Zimmermann, S., & Joerss, H. (2025). Currently used and legacy pesticides in the marine atmosphere from Patagonia to Europe. Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987), 373, 126175. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2025.126175
Gateway Health and Environmental Effects Citations
1. USEPA. 2016. Flonicamid Human Health Risk Assessment. Office of Pesticide Programs. https://beta.regulations.gov/document/EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0013-0009
2. IUPAC Agrochemical Information. http://sitem.herts.ac.uk/aeru/iupac/
3. USEPA. Registration Review: Draft Human Health and/or Ecological Risk Assessments
for Several Pesticides (Flonicamid). Office of Pesticide Programs. https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/Flonicamid%20Comment%20Letter.pdf








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