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Vinclozolin
General Information
- Product Names:
Ronilan (BASF)
Curalan (BASF)
- Chemical Class: Morpholine fungicide
- Uses: Canola and imported grapes
- Alternatives: Organic agriculture
- Beyond Pesticides rating:
Health and Environmental Effects
- Cancer: Possible ()
- Endocrine Disruption: Yes (, )
- Reproductive Effects: Yes ()
- Neurotoxicity: Not documented
- Kidney/Liver Damage: Not documented
- Sensitizer/ Irritant: Yes ()
- 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
Residential Uses as Found in the ManageSafe™ Database
Additional Information
- Regulatory Status:
- Supporting information:
- Studies:
- Effects of processing on pesticide residues in peaches intended for baby food.. Balinova AM, Mladenova RI, Shtereva DD. 2006. Food Addit Contam.23(9):895-901
- Environmental antiandrogens: low doses of the fungicide vinclozolin alter sexual differentiation of the male rat.. Gray LE, et al. 1999. Toxicol Ind Health;15(1-2):48-64
- Effects of the endocrine disruptor vinclozolin in male reproduction: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Feijó, M., Martins, R.V., Socorro, S., Pereira, L. and Correia, S., 2021. Biology of Reproduction.
- Environmentally induced epigenetic transgenerational inheritance of altered Sertoli cell transcriptome and epigenome: molecular etiology of male infertility.. Guerrero-Bosagna C, Savenkova M, Haque MM, et al. 2013. PLoS One. 8(3):e59922