Gateway on Pesticide Hazards and Safe Pest Management
Trifluralin
Updated February 2019
General Information
- Product Names:
- Chemical Class: Dinitroaniline compound herbicide
- Uses: Annual grasses and broadleaf weeds on a variety of food crops and non-food uses, including residential use site
- Alternatives: Organic agriculture, Least toxic-weed managment
- Beyond Pesticides rating: Toxic
Health and Environmental Effects
- Cancer: Yes (66, 67, 68, 69)
- Endocrine Disruption: Probable (5, 36)
- Reproductive Effects: Yes (8)
- Neurotoxicity: Not documented
- Kidney/Liver Damage: Yes (4)
- Sensitizer/ Irritant: Yes (8)
- Birth/Developmental: Not documented
- Detected in Groundwater: Yes (37)
- Potential Leacher: Not documented
- Toxic to Birds: Not documented
- Toxic to Fish/Aquatic Organisms: Yes (8)
- Toxic to Bees: Not documented
Residential Uses as Found in the ManageSafe™ Database
Additional Information
- Supporting information:
- Extoxnet Trifluralin Factsheet (Extension Toxicology Network)
- PAN Pesticides Database:Trifluralin (Pesticide Action Network)
- Scorecard Trifluralin Factsheet (The Pollution Information Site)
- FAN Trifluralin Factsheet (Fluoride Action Network)
