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How To Find Ingredients in Pesticide Products
Beyond Pesticides offers resources below to evaluate the health and ecological effects of specific chemical exposure from ACTIVE INGREDIENTS in pesticide products, as well as regulatory information and supporting scientific documents. Because various pesticide products can contain more than one active ingredient, it is important to READ the LABEL to determine chemical components.
With 192 different active ingredients and counting, it is essential to establish the connection between the use of these chemicals and their respective hazards.
View the step-by-step guide on how to search for the active ingredient(s) in pesticide products below:
- Go to U.S. EPA's Pesticide Product and Label System and enter the product name. The generic product name may vary.
- After searching, click on the chemical ingredients tab or the link for the most recent label to find Active Ingredients.
Chemical List Label List
If one selects the chemical ingredients tab, skip to Step 4 . If not, proceed to step number 3 - To find the active ingredient(s) on the label, search for the page in the document containing the date of registration. Usually, the active ingredients section occurs within the first few pages of the label document.
- Return to the Beyond Pesticides Gateway and search for the active ingredient name in the yellow box to the right or from the list below.
Oryzalin
General Information
- Fact Sheet: Oryzalin.pdf
- Product Names:
- Chemical Class: Dinitroaniline sulfonamide herbicide
- Uses: Control of annual grasses, broadleaf weeds, woody shrubs and vines in grapes, berries and orchard crops, fruits nuts; residential and commercial/industrial lawns and turf, golf course turf, ornamentals and shade trees, Christmas tree plantations, fencerows/hedgerows, nonagricultural rights-of-way, and uncultivated areas including patios, paths, paved areas and power stations.
- Alternatives: Organic agriculture, Organic lawn care, Organic christmas trees, Least-toxic rights-of-way managment
- Beyond Pesticides rating: Toxic
Health and Environmental Effects
- Cancer:
- Endocrine Disruption: Not documented
- Reproductive Effects: Not documented
- Neurotoxicity: Not documented
- Kidney/Liver Damage: Yes (11)
- Sensitizer/ Irritant: Yes (8)
- Birth/Developmental: Yes (7)
- Detected in Groundwater: Not documented
- Potential Leacher: Yes (4)
- Toxic to Birds: Not documented
- Toxic to Fish/Aquatic Organisms: Yes (8)
- Toxic to Bees: Not documented
Residential Uses as Found in the ManageSafe™ Database
Additional Information
- Regulatory Status:
- EPA Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) signed (9/1994)
- Supporting information:
- NCAP Oryzalin Factsheet (Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides)
- Extoxnet Oryzalin Factsheet (Extension Toxicology Network)
- PAN Pesticides Database:Oryzalin (Pesticide Action Network)
- Studies:
- Oryzalin impairs maternal-fetal interaction during early pregnancy via ROS-mediated P38 MAPK/AKT and OXPHOS downregulation. Jiyeon Ham, Jisoo Song, Gwonhwa Song, Whasun Lim, Oryzalin impairs maternal-fetal interaction during early pregnancy via ROS-mediated P38 MAPK/AKT and OXPHOS downregulation, Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 174, 2023, 113665, ISSN 0278-6915, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fct.2023.113665.
- Mechanisms of female reproductive toxicity in pigs induced by exposure to environmental pollutants. Junho Park, Hojun Lee, Junhun Kweon, Sunwoo Park, Jiyeon Ham, Fuller W. Bazer, Gwonhwa Song, Mechanisms of female reproductive toxicity in pigs induced by exposure to environmental pollutants, Molecules and Cells, Volume 47, Issue 5, 2024, 100065, ISSN 1016-8478, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mocell.2024.100065.