Gateway on Pesticide Hazards and Safe Pest Management

Profenofos

General Information

• Product Names:

  CURACRON 8E INSECTICIDE-MITICIDE

• Chemical Class: Organophosphate insecticide/miticide
• Uses: Restricted use only on cotton crops to control the tobacco budworm, cotton bollworm, armyworm, cotton aphid, whiteflies, spider mites, plant bugs, and fleahoppers.
• Alternatives: Organic Agriculture
• Beyond Pesticides rating: Toxic

Health and Environmental Effects

• Cancer: Not documented
• Endocrine Disruption: Suggestive (216)
• Reproductive Effects: Not documented
• Neurotoxicity: Yes (8)
• 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: Yes (8)
• Toxic to Fish/Aquatic Organisms: Yes (8)
• Toxic to Bees: Yes (8)

Additional Information

• Regulatory Status:
  • EPA factsheet
    Registration Eligibility Document (2006)
• Supporting information:
  • Occurrence of Cotton Pesticides in Surface Water of The Mississippi Embayment