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Thiobencarb
General Information
- Product Names:
- Chemical Class: Carbamate Herbicide
- Uses: Control of grasses, sedge and broadleaf weeds in food crops such as rice (represents 95% of use), lettuce, celery, and endive
- Alternatives: Organic agriculture
- Beyond Pesticides rating:
Health and Environmental Effects
- Cancer: Not classifiable (1)
- Endocrine Disruption: Not documented
- Reproductive Effects: Yes (1)
- Neurotoxicity: Yes (1)
- Kidney/Liver Damage: Yes (1)
- Sensitizer/ Irritant: Yes (1)
- Birth/Developmental: Yes (1)
- Detected in Groundwater: Yes (1)
- Potential Leacher: Not documented
- Toxic to Birds: Not documented
- Toxic to Fish/Aquatic Organisms: Yes (1)
- Toxic to Bees: Not documented
Additional Information
- Regulatory Status:
- EPA Reregistration Eligibility Decision signed 9/1997
- Supporting information:
- PAN Pesticides Database: Thiobencarb (Pesticide Action Network)
- California Environmental Protection Agency Public Health Goals for Chemicals in Drinking Water: Thiobencarb 8/2000
- Studies [compiled from the Pesticide-Induced Diseases Database]
- Pesticide-Induced Inflammation at a Glance. Lopes-Ferreira, M. et al. (2023) ‘Pesticide-induced inflammation at a glance’, Toxics, 11(11), p. 896. doi:10.3390/toxics11110896.
Gateway Health and Environmental Effects Citations
1. 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.