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Thiram
General Information
- Fact Sheet: thiram.pdf
- Product Names:
Detour Rabbit and Deer Repellent (Farnam Companies), formulated with Morpholine
Bulb Dust (Bonide Products), formulated with Methoxychlor
Gustafson (Bayer Cropscience), formulated with Carboxin, Triadimenol (some formulations)
Vitavax (Chemtura USA), formulated with Carboxin
Stiletto (Chemtura USA), formulated with Carboxin, Metalaxyl
- Chemical Class: Dimethyl dithiocarbamate fungicide, animal repellant
- Uses: Fungicide used to prevent crop damage in the field and to protect harvested crops (apples, peaches, and strawberries) from deterioration in storage or transport, seed protectant (e.g. small seeded vegetables, large seeded vegetables, cereal grains and other seeds, coniferous seeds, cotton seed, ornamental seeds, and soybeans), protects turf from fungal diseases; also an animal (rabbit, rodent, and deer) repellent
- Alternatives: Organic agriculture, Organic golf course managment
- Beyond Pesticides rating:
Health and Environmental Effects
- Cancer: Not yet evaluated, equivocal data ()
- Endocrine Disruption: Yes ()
- Reproductive Effects: Yes ()
- Neurotoxicity: Yes ()
- Kidney/Liver Damage: Yes ()
- Sensitizer/ Irritant: Yes ()
- Birth/Developmental: Yes ()
- Detected in Groundwater: Not documented
- Potential Leacher: Not documented
- Toxic to Birds: Yes ()
- Toxic to Fish/Aquatic Organisms: Yes ()
- Toxic to Bees: Yes ()
Additional Information
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