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Soybean oil

General Information

• Product Names:

  Golden Pest Spray Oil (Stoller Enterprises, Inc)
  Citru-Soy (Drexel Chemical Company)
  Drexel Soydorm Oil ( Drexel Chemical Company)
  Oil Pharm (Pharm Solution Inc)
  Bio Block® Organic Pest Control (HOMS LLC)
  BiteBlocker® Anti-Itch & Insect Repellent Lotion (HOMS LLC)
  Bite Blocker Insect Repellent Herbal Spray (HOMS LLC)
  Buzz Away Extreme (Quantum Health)
  Burt’s Bees Herbal Insect Repellent (Burt's Bees)
  JASON Body Care Quit Bugging Me ( J/A/S/O/N Natural Cosmetics)

• Chemical Class: Botanical
• Uses: Kills and repels insects
• Beyond Pesticides rating: Least-toxic

Health and Environmental Effects

• Cancer: Not documented
• Endocrine Disruption: Not documented
• Reproductive Effects: Not documented
• Neurotoxicity: Not documented
• Kidney/Liver Damage: Not documented
• 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: Not documented
• Toxic to Bees: Not documented

Residential Uses as Found in the ManageSafe™ Database

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Additional Information

• Regulatory Status:
  • EPA Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) " Flowers and Vegetable Oils" signed (12/1993)
  • EPA Factsheet (7/2001)
• Supporting information:
  • NCAP Pesticide Factsheet (Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides)
  • PAN Pesticides Database: (Pesticide Action Network)