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Boscalid
General Information
Health and Environmental Effects
- Cancer: Possible ()
- Endocrine Disruption: Not documented
- Reproductive Effects: Not documented
- Neurotoxicity: Not documented
- Kidney/Liver Damage: Yes ()
- Sensitizer/ Irritant: Not documented
- Birth/Developmental: Not documented
- Detected in Groundwater: Not documented
- Potential Leacher: Not documented
- Toxic to Birds: Not documented
- Toxic to Fish/Aquatic Organisms: Yes (, )
- Toxic to Bees: Not documented
Additional Information
- Regulatory Status:
- Supporting information:
- Studies:
- Organic farming reduces pesticide load in a bird of prey. Fuentes, E. et al. (2024) Organic farming reduces pesticide load in a bird of prey, Science of The Total Environment. Available at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969724029255.
- Flooding as a Vector for the Transport of Pesticides from Streams to Riparian Plants. Fiolka, F. et al. (2024) Flooding as a Vector for the Transport of Pesticides from Streams to Riparian Plants, American Chemical Society ES&T Water. Available at: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsestwater.4c00571.
- 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.
- Intensive vegetable production under plastic mulch: A field study on soil plastic and pesticide residues and their effects on the soil microbiome. Beriot, N., Zornoza, R., Lwanga, E. H., Zomer, P., van Schothorst, B., Ozbolat, O., Lloret, E., Ortega, R., Miralles, I., Harkes, P., van Steenbrugge, J., & Geissen, V. (2023). Intensive vegetable production under plastic mulch: A field study on soil plastic and pesticide residues and their effects on the soil microbiome. The Science of the total environment, 900, 165179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165179
- Assessing pesticide residue occurrence and risks in the environment across Europe and Argentina. Alaoui, A., Christ, F., Abrantes, N., Silva, V., González, N., Gai, L., Harkes, P., Navarro, I., Torre, A., Martínez, M. Á., Norgaard, T., Vested, A., Schlünssen, V., Aparicio, V. C., Campos, I., Pasković, I., Pasković, M. P., Glavan, M., Ritsema, C., & Geissen, V. (2024). Assessing pesticide residue occurrence and risks in the environment across Europe and Argentina. Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987), 363(Pt 1), 125056. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.125056
- Current-use pesticides in vegetation, topsoil and water reveal contaminated landscapes of the Upper Rhine Valley, Germany. Mauser, K.M., Wolfram, J., Spaak, J.W. et al. Current-use pesticides in vegetation, topsoil and water reveal contaminated landscapes of the Upper Rhine Valley, Germany. Commun Earth Environ 6, 166 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02118-2
- Fate of pesticide residues in beer and its by-products. Hakme, E., Kallehauge Nielsen, I., Fermina Madsen, J., Storkehave, L. M., Skjold Elmelund Pedersen, M., Schulz, B. L., … Duedahl-Olesen, L. (2023). Fate of pesticide residues in beer and its by-products. Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A, 41(1), 45–59. https://doi.org/10.1080/19440049.2023.2282557
- An insight into the sorption kinetics of boscalid onto soils: Effect of general soil properties. Bhatt, D., Srivastava, A., & Srivastava, P. C. (2023). An insight into the sorption kinetics of boscalid onto soils: Effect of general soil properties. Chemosphere, 325, 138274. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138274
- Environmentally relevant concentrations of boscalid exposure affects the neurobehavioral response of zebrafish by disrupting visual and nervous systems. Qian, L., Qi, S., Wang, Z., Magnuson, J. T., Volz, D. C., Schlenk, D., Jiang, J., & Wang, C. (2021). Environmentally relevant concentrations of boscalid exposure affects the neurobehavioral response of zebrafish by disrupting visual and nervous systems. Journal of hazardous materials, 404(Pt A), 124083. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124083
- Cardiac and neurobehavioral impairments in three phylogenetically distant aquatic model organisms exposed to environmentally relevant concentrations of boscalid. Bedrossiantz, J., Goyenechea, J., Prats, E., Gómez-Canela, C., Barata, C., Raldúa, D., & Cachot, J. (2024). Cardiac and neurobehavioral impairments in three phylogenetically distant aquatic model organisms exposed to environmentally relevant concentrations of boscalid. Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987), 347, 123685. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.123685
- Deciphering the diversity, composition, function, and network complexity of the soil microbial community after repeated exposure to a fungicide boscalid. Han, L., Xu, M., Kong, X., Liu, X., Wang, Q., Chen, G., Xu, K., & Nie, J. (2022). Deciphering the diversity, composition, function, and network complexity of the soil microbial community after repeated exposure to a fungicide boscalid. Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987), 312, 120060. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120060
- Mitochondrial dysfunction induced in human hepatic HepG2 cells exposed to the fungicide kresoxim-methyl and to a mixture kresoxim-methyl/boscalid. Vandensande, Y., Carbone, M., Mathieu, B., & Gallez, B. (2024). Mitochondrial dysfunction induced in human hepatic HepG2 cells exposed to the fungicide kresoxim-methyl and to a mixture kresoxim-methyl/boscalid. Redox Report, 29(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/13510002.2024.2424677
- Co-exposure to boscalid and amoxicillin inhibited the degradation of boscalid and aggravated the threat to the earthworm. Han, S., Sun, W., Sun, X., Yue, Y., Miao, J., Dang, X., Diao, J., Teng, M., & Zhu, W. (2024). Co-exposure to boscalid and amoxicillin inhibited the degradation of boscalid and aggravated the threat to the earthworm. Pesticide biochemistry and physiology, 203, 106022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pestbp.2024.106022
- Effects of Fungicide and Adjuvant Sprays on Nesting Behavior in Two Managed Solitary Bees, Osmia lignaria and Megachile rotundata. Artz, Derek & Pitts-Singer, Theresa. (2015). Effects of Fungicide and Adjuvant Sprays on Nesting Behavior in Two Managed Solitary Bees, Osmia lignaria and Megachile rotundata. PLoS ONE. 10. 10.1371/journal.pone.0135688.
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