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Para-dichlorobenzene (PDCB)
General Information
- Fact Sheets: PDCB.pdf, Mothballs.pdf
- Product Names:
ENOZ Moth Ice Crystals (Willert Home Products)
ENOZ Moth Cake (Willert Home Products)
ENOZ Moth Bar (Willet Home Products)
Refer-Galler No-Moth Cakes (Willet Home Products)
8 in 1 Bird Protector (Eight in One Pet Products)
Pefumed Moth Block (the Fuller Brush Company)
Moth Guard Old Fashion Moth Balls (HBC Chemicals)
IMS Moth Balls (IMS Trading)
Santochlor Molten Insecticide (Jiangsu Yangnong Chemical Group)
- Chemical Class: Chlorophenol compound
- Uses: Targets moths, carpet beetles, lice, and mites, repels snakes, mice, rats, squirrels, and bats. Used in comerical and residential settings indoors only, and in pet bird cages.
- Alternatives: Least-toxic Moth controls
- Beyond Pesticides rating:
Health and Environmental Effects
- Cancer: Possible ()
- Endocrine Disruption: Not documented
- Reproductive Effects: Not documented
- Neurotoxicity: Yes ()
- Kidney/Liver Damage: Yes ()
- 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: Not documented
- Toxic to Bees: Not documented
Additional Information
- Regulatory Status:
- Supporting information:
