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Amitraz (BAAM)

General Information

• Product Names:

  Preventic tick collar (Virbac)
  Certifect (Merial) formulated with Fipronil
  Taktic (Intervet)

• Chemical Class: formamidine insecicide/acaricide
• Uses: Control of livestock tics, lice and mange mites on dogs and livestock, control of Pear psylla, lepidopteran pests, whiteflies and mites on cotton and pears
• Alternatives: Organic agriculture
• Beyond Pesticides rating:

Health and Environmental Effects

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

Residential Uses as Found in the ManageSafe™ Database

• Fleas

Additional Information

• Regulatory Status:
  • EPA Registration Eligibility Document (RED) signed 9/2005
• Supporting information:
  • PAN Pesticides Database: Amitraz (Pesticide Action Network)
  • Extoxnet Amitraz Factsheet
• Studies [compiled from the Pesticide-Induced Diseases Database]
  • Pesticide residues in bee bread, propolis, beeswax and royal jelly – A review of the literature and dietary risk assessment . Végh, R., Csóka, M., Mednyánszky, Z. and Sipos, L., 2023. Food and Chemical Toxicology, p.113806.
  • Unveiling bee pollen's contamination with pesticides and mycotoxins: Current analytical procedures, results and regulation. Carrera, M. et al. (2024) Unveiling bee pollen’s contamination with pesticides and mycotoxins: Current analytical procedures, results and regulation, Trends in Analytical Chemistry. Available at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165993624004187.
  • Pesticides residues and metabolites in honeybees: A Greek overview exploring Varroa and Nosema potential synergies. Kasiotis, Konstantinos M et al. “Pesticides residues and metabolites in honeybees: A Greek overview exploring Varroa and Nosema potential synergies.” The Science of the total environment vol. 769 (2021): 145213. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145213
  • Suspect and non-targeted screening-based human biomonitoring identified 74 biomarkers of exposure in urine of Slovenian children. Tkalec, Ž., Codling, G., Tratnik, J. S., Mazej, D., Klánová, J., Horvat, M., & Kosjek, T. (2022). Suspect and non-targeted screening-based human biomonitoring identified 74 biomarkers of exposure in urine of Slovenian children. Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987), 313, 120091. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120091