Return to Fluoroacetamide
Adverse Effects
ACTIVITY:
Rodenticide,
Insecticide
(unclassified)
CAS Name:
2-fluoroacetamide
Structure:
Adverse
Effects:
Ataxia
Body Weight Loss (Anorexia, Emaciation)
Brain
CNS
Endocrine: Testicular
Fetotoxic
Genotoxic
Heart
Kidney
Reproductive toxicant
Environmental
Effects:
1979
paper: 800 DOGS DIED SHORTLY AFTER CONSUMING PURCHASED POULTRY
MEAT
1969:
poisoning
in a dairy herd grazing fields adjacent to a chemical factory
which manufactured fluoroacetamide.
Poisoning
Incident in Palestine.
April
6, 2005. Israel
Probes Poisoning of Palestinian Sheep.
April 12, 2005. Palestinian
villagers accuse Israeli settlers of poisoning their flocks.
April 25, 2005. Amnesty
International calls on Israel to halt poisoning of Palestinian
livestock.
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Regulatory
Information
(only comprehensive for the US) |
US
EPA Registered: |
No |
US
EPA PC Code: |
075002 |
Registered
use in
(includes only a limited list of countries)
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Belgium,
Brazil, Congo, Denmark, Ethiopia, Finland, Greece, Iceland,
Ireland, Israel, Spain, Sweden, Togo, UK, Venezuela
Illegal
to import into 101 countries
Note
on Canada: An
export permit is required |
Other
Information |
Molecular
Formula: |
C2H4
F NO |
Entry
Year: |
1947 |
Manufacturers: |
generic |
Other
Names: |
Fluoroacetamine,
Monofluoroacetamide,
Fussol, Yanok,
Fluorakil 100,
Compound 1081 |
Manufacture
site: |
Former
Manafacture sites:
US:
Atomergic Chemetals Corp, Hq, 91 Carolyn Blvd, Farmingdale,
NY 11735-1527
US:
ARTEL Chemical Corporaton, PO Box 550, Nitro, WV 25143;
Production site: West 19th Street, Nitro, WV 25143 |
Of
special interest: |
PAN
BAD ACTOR |
April
25, 2005. Amnesty International
calls on Israel to halt poisoning of Palestinian livestock. |
April
12, 2005. Palestinian
villagers accuse Israeli settlers of poisoning their flocks.
By Agence France Presse. |
April
6, 2005.Israel Probes
Poisoning of Palestinian Sheep. By Haitham Tamimi. Planet
Ark World Environment News. |
Banned
in: Cuba,
Belize, Laos, Slovenia, Thailand. According
to PAN as of December 7, 2003. |
Banned
in the U.S. - However, according to
PAN
as of December 7, 2003
it is allowed. |
Hazardous
Substances Data Bank |
Included
on The
List of Extremely Hazardous Substances US
40 CFR - CHAPTER I - PART 355 - updated October 3, 200
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Highly
hazardous. WHO
Recommended Classification of Pesticides by Hazard and Guidelines
to Classification 2000-2002. Table
2. Highly hazardous (Class Ib) technical grade active ingredients
of pesticides, p 18. |
Subject
to International Right-to-Know / Prior Informed Consent before
it can be exported. |
The
following is an inactive pesticide product containing Fluoracetamide.
This list is from the California EPA at
http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/epa/epachem.htm
FLUOROACETAMIDE
Registration number: 007122- 00090
Company:
ARCHEM CORP
NOTICE:
address and contact information are not kept current for inactive
companies
1514 ELEVENTH ST
PORTSMOUTH, OH 45662
USA
Status:
Cancelled
Approval date: 05/06/1972
Cancel or Transfer date: 10/10/1989
Existing Stocks date:: 03/01/1990
Cancel reason: Maint. Fee Non-Payment - Registrant Req.
EPA Product
manager: Debbie McCall -- (703)308-7109
Chemical(s):
95.0000
% of (075002)
Chemical Names:(Common Name, Synonym, Trade Names)
- 1081
- ACETAMIDE,
2-FLUORO-
- CAS REG.
NO. 640-19-7
- COMPOUND
1081
- FLUORKILL
- FLUOROACETAMIDE
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