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Triphenyltin Hydroxide/Fentin Hydroxide (TPTH)
General Information
- Product Names:
- Chemical Class: Organotin fungicide
- Uses: Non-systemic foliar fungicide applied to pecans, potatoes, and sugarbeats for control of early and late blight on potatoes and Colorado potato beetle; leaf spot on sugar beets; scab, brown leaf spot and other diseases on pecans
- Alternatives: Organic agriculture
- Beyond Pesticides rating:
Health and Environmental Effects
- Cancer: Probable (1) Known (2)
- Endocrine Disruption: Suspected (3, 4)
- Reproductive Effects: Yes (2)
- Neurotoxicity: Not documented
- Kidney/Liver Damage: Not documented
- Sensitizer/ Irritant: Yes (4)
- Birth/Developmental: Yes (4)
- Detected in Groundwater: Not documented
- Potential Leacher: Not documented
- Toxic to Birds: Yes (4)
- Toxic to Fish/Aquatic Organisms: Yes (4)
- Toxic to Bees: Not documented
Additional Information
- Regulatory Status:
- EPA Reregistration Eligibility Decision Signed 9/1999
- Supporting information:
- PAN Pesticides Database: Fentin Hydroxide (Pesticide Action Network)
Gateway Health and Environmental Effects Citations
1. EPA weight-of-evidence category, "Group B2 – Probable Human Carcinogen." US EPA, 2005. Office of Pesticide Programs. List of Chemicals Evaluated for Carcinogenic Potential. May 10, 2005. http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/carlist/
2. California Environmental Protection Agency. Proposition 65: Chemicals Known to the State to Cause Cancer or Reproductive Toxicity. Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. February 25, 2022.https://oehha.ca.gov/media/downloads/proposition-65//p65chemicalslistsinglelisttable2021p.pdf
3. Pesticide Action Network Pesticide Database. http://www.pesticideinfo.org/Search_Chemicals.jsp.
4. US EPA, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, Reregistration Eligibility Decisions (REDs), Interim REDS (iREDs) and RED Factsheets. https://archive.epa.gov/pesticides/reregistration/web/html/status.html.