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Streptomycin

General Information

• Product Names:
  Agri-Mycin (Nufarm)
  Repar Strepto-Sulfate (Repar)
  Gustafson AG-Streptomycin (Bayer)
  Streptomycin 17 (AMVAC)
  Ferti-lome Fire Blight Spray (Voluntary Purchasing Groups)

• Chemical Class: Antibiotic
• Uses: Controls bacteria, fungi and algae, also used as a human antibiotic drug
• Alternatives: Organic agriculture
• Beyond Pesticides rating: Toxic

Health and Environmental Effects

• Cancer: Not documented
• Endocrine Disruption: Not documented
• Reproductive Effects: Not documented
• Neurotoxicity: Yes (8)
• Kidney/Liver Damage: Yes (4)
• Sensitizer/ Irritant: Yes (8)
• Birth/Developmental: Not documented
• Detected in Groundwater: Yes (8)
• Potential Leacher: Not documented
• Toxic to Birds: Not documented
• Toxic to Fish/Aquatic Organisms: Not documented
• Toxic to Bees: Not documented

Additional Information

• Regulatory Status:
  • EPA Reregistration Eligibility Document (signed 06/2006)
• Supporting information:
  • PAN Pesticides Database: Streptomycin
  • EXTOXNET Extension Toxicology Network
• Studies:
• Dysbiosis and early mortality in zebrafish larvae exposed to subclinical concentrations of streptomycin.. Pindling, S., Azulai, D., Zheng, B., Dahan, D. and Perron, G.G., 2018. FEMS microbiology letters, 365(18), p.fny188.