Gateway test

Tribenuron-methyl

General Information

• Product Names:

  Harmony Extra (Dupont)

• Chemical Class: Sulfonylurea Herbicide
• Uses: A foliar acting, post-emergence herbicide used to control broad-leaved weeds in cereals and other crops
• Alternatives:  Organic agriculture, Organic land managment
• Beyond Pesticides rating: Toxic

Health and Environmental Effects

• Cancer: Possible (1, 2)
• Endocrine Disruption: Possible (2, 3)
• Reproductive Effects: Possible (2)
• Neurotoxicity: Insufficiently Studied
• Kidney/Liver Damage: Yes [And Spleen] (2, 4)
• Sensitizer/ Irritant: Yes; Irritant (2, 4)
• Birth/Developmental: Possible (2)
• Detected in Groundwater: Insufficiently Studied
• Potential Leacher: Insufficiently Studied
• Toxic to Birds: Likely (2)
• Toxic to Fish/Aquatic Organisms: Yes (2, 4)
• Toxic to Bees: Yes (2)

Additional Information

• Regulatory Status:
  • EPA Pesticide Registration Review: Tribenuron Methyl (2011)
• Studies [compiled from the Pesticide-Induced Diseases Database]
  • Pesticides and prostate cancer incidence and mortality: An environment-wide association study. Soerensen, S. et al. (2024) Pesticides and prostate cancer incidence and mortality: An environment-wide association study, Cancer. Available at: https://acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cncr.35572.