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Pesticides: F – Fluc

The List of Fluorinated and Fluoride Pesticides
Beginning with
F – Fluc

Note: The information on the pesticides was current as of 2007 –  FAN intends to update this throughout 2012-2013.

PESTICIDE ADVERSE EFFECTS REGISTERED FOR USE
Fenazaflor

  • CAS No. 14255-88-0
  • Acaricide, Insecticide  (both Unclassified)
  • WHO: believed obsolete or discontinued
 See effects: Environmental:

  • Highly toxic to fish

 

 EPA Registered: No

  • Registered use in: India
  • European Commission: Not allowed to be used as an active ingredient after July 25, 2003.
Fenfluthrin

  • CAS No. 75867-00-4
  • Insecticide (Pyrethroid)
 No toxicological studies available EPA Registered: No
Fentrifanil

  • CAS No. 62441-54-7
  • Acaricide, Insecticide
    (bridged Diphenyl)
 See effects

  • Brain
  • Potent mitochondrial uncoupler

Environmental:

  • Very highly toxic to fish
 EPA Registered: No
Fipronil

  • CAS No. 120068-37-3
  • Acaricide, Insecticide  (Pyrazole),
  • Wood Preservative
 See effects

  • Body Weight Decrease
  • Bone
  • Brain
  • Cancer: Possible Human Carcinogen -THYROID
  • Cholesterol
  • Clastogenicity
  • CNS
  • Dermal
  • Endocrine: Altered Sex Ratio
  • Endocrine: Pituitary – (disruption in the thyroid-pituitary status)
  • Endocrine: Suspected Endocrine Disruptor
  • Endocrine: Testicular
  • Endocrine: Thyroid
  • Kidney
  • Liver
  • Lung
  • Reproductive/Developmental
  • Stomach

2001 Contamination incident: Crawfish farmers in Louisiana file Class Action against Aventis for the use of the fipronil pesticide, Icon, that resulted in significant crawfish mortality.
2004: Class Action receive $45 million settlement.

Environmental:

  • — Highly toxic to rainbow trout and very highly toxic to bluegill sunfish
  • The sulfone metabolite is 6.3 times more toxic to rainbow trout and 3.3 times more toxic than the parent compound to bluegill sunfish.
  • High toxicity to freshwater aquatic invertebrates. The sulfone metabolite is 6.6 times more toxic and the desulfinyl photodegradate 1.9 times more toxic on an acute basis to freshwater invertebrates than the parent compound.
  • Highly toxic to upland game birds.. The sulfone metabolite is more toxic than the parent compound to certain bird species. This metabolite has shown a very high toxicity toward upland game birds …
  •  Highly toxic to bees, lizards, and gallinaceous birds
 EPA Registered: Yes

  • Registered use in: Australia, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, India, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Taiwan, US
  • AFRICA: Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Chad, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda
Flamprop

  • CAS No. 58667-63-3
  • Herbicide (Arylalanine)
  • WHO: believed obsolete or discontinued
 As of February 2005 – no toxicological studies available EPA Registered: No

  • European Commission: Not allowed to be used as an active ingredient after July 25, 2003.
Flamprop-isopropyl

  • CAS No. 52756-22-6
  • Herbicide (Arylalanine)
 As of February 2005 – no toxicological studies available EPA Registered: No

  • Registered use in: Finland, Hungary
Flamprop-M

  • CAS No. 90134-59-1
  • Herbicide (Arylalanine)
 As of February 2005 – no toxicological studies available EPA Registered: No

  • Registered use in: Denmark
Flamprop-methyl

  • CAS No. 52756-25-9
  • Herbicide (Arylalanine)
 As of February 2005 – no toxicological studies available EPA Registered: No

  • Registered use in: Australia
Flamprop-M-isopropyl

  • CAS No. 63782-90-1 (D Isomer)
  • CAS No. 57973-67-8 (L-isomer)
  • Herbicide (Arylalanine)
 As of February 2005 – no toxicological studies available EPA Registered: No

  • Registered use in: Australia, Portugal, UK
Flamprop-M-methyl

  • CAS No. 57973-66-7
  • CAS No. 63729-98-6 (D-isomer)
  • Herbicide (Arylalanine)
 As of February 2005 – no toxicological studies available EPA Registered: No

  • Registered use in: Australia, Canada
Flazasulfuron

  • CAS No. 104040-78-0
  • Herbicide  (Sulfonylurea)
 See effects:

  • Bone
  • Kidney
  • Liver
  • Reproductive/Developmental
 EPA Registered: Pending

  • Registered use in: Hungary, Japan, New Zealand, Taiwan
Flocoumafen

  • CAS No. 90035-08-8
  • Rodenticide (Coumarin)
 See effects

  • Ataxia
  • Embryotoxic
  • Liver
  • Teratogen

Environmental:

  • Highly toxic to fish
  • High toxicity to non-target animals and pose a significant secondary hazard threat
 EPA Registered: No

  • Registered use in: Australia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, India, New Zealand, Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, Tanzania, UK
Flometoquin

  • CAS No. 875775-74-9
  • Insecticide
 New pesticides as of June 2011. No tox information. EPA Registered: No
Flonicamid

  • CAS No. 158062-67-0
  • Insecticide (Pyridinecarboxamide)
  • New pesticide in May 2001.

See effects

  • Ataxia
  • Blood
  • Body Weight Decrease
  • Bone
  • Brain
  • Cancer: Lung and Nasal acrimal duct
  • Convulsions
  • Developmental/Reproductive
  • Endocrine: Adrenal
  • Endocrine: Ovary
  • Endocrine: Sex Ratios
  • Endocrine: Thymus
  • Endocrine: Vagina
  • Eye
  • Kidney
  • Liver
  • Lung
  • Muscle
  • Neurotoxicity
  • Spleen
 EPA Registered: Yes

  • FIRST-TIME food tolerances in US as of August 2005.
  • (On March 18, 2005, FMC announced the “first in the world” registration of the insecticide Aria for use on ornamentals grown in greenhouses and interiorscapes.”)
Florasulam

  • CAS No. 145701-23-1
  • Herbicide (Triazolopyrimidine)
 New pesticide in July 1999.See effects

  • Anemia
  • Body Weight Decrease
  • Endocrine: Adrenal
  • Kidney
  • Liver

Environmental:

  • European Commission: … particular attention to the potential for groundwater contamination, when the active substance is applied in regions with vulnerable soil and/or climatic conditions.

 

 EPA Registered: Yes.

  • FIRST-TIME APPROVAL IN US: September 28, 2007
  • Registered use in: Canada, Finland, Germany, Hungary, South Africa, Tanzania, US
Fluacrypyrim

  • CAS No. 229977-93-9
  • Acaricide  (Unclassified)
 New pesticide in May 2000. No Tox data available. EPA Registered: No
Fluazifop

  • CAS No. 69335-91-7
  • Herbicide (Aryloxyphenoxy propionic acid)
  • WHO: believed obsolete or discontinued
 No toxicological studies available.

  • See Fluazifop-butyl and Fluazifop-P-butyl below.
 EPA Registered: No

  • Registered use in: India, Denmark
  • European Commission: Not allowed to be used as an active ingredient after July 25, 2003.
  • NOTE: PAN lists Denmark for registered use as of December 2003.
Fluazifop-butyl

  • CAS No. 69806-50-4
  • Herbicide  (Aryloxyphenoxy propionic acid)
 See effects

  • Blood
  • Body Weight Decrease
  • Bone
  • Brain
  • Cholesterol
  • Endocrine: Adrenal
  • Endocrine: Ovary
  • Endocrine: Pituitary
  • Endocrine Disruptor: Suspected
  • Endocrine: Testicular
  • Endocrine: Thymus
  • Endocrine: Uterus
  • Eye
  • Fetotoxic
  • Gastrointestinal Tract
  • Kidney
  • Liver
  • Mesenteric Lymph Nodes
  • Spleen
  • Teratogenic

Environmental:

  • Potential for bioconcentration in aquatic organisms is very high
  • Highly toxic to Zooplankton

 

 EPA Registered: Yes

  • European Commission: Not allowed to be used as an active ingredient after July 25, 2003.
  • Registered use in: Canada, Hungary, Japan, Philippines, Taiwan, Tanzania, US
Fluazifop-P

  • CAS No. 83066-88-0
  • Herbicide (Aryloxyphenoxy propionic acid)
 No toxicological studies available EPA Registered: Yes

  • Same information as Fluazifop-P-butyl
Fluazifop-P-butyl

  • CAS No. 79241-46-6
  • Herbicide (Arylphenoxy ether ester)
 See effects

  • Blood
  • Body Weight Decrease
  • Bone
  • Endocrine: Ovary
  • Endocrine: Pituitary
  • Endocrine: Prostate
  • Endocrine: Testicular
  • Endocrine: Uterine
  • Eye
  • Fetotoxic
  • Kidney
  • Liver
  • Lung
  • Reproductive
  • Spleen
  • Stomach
  • Teratogenic
  • Environmental

Environmental:

  • Very high to high toxicity to fish.
  • Metabolites are Highly persisent in water and in soil.
 EPA Registered: Yes

  • Registered use in: Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Portugal, UK, US
  • AFRICA: Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Chad, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, South Africa

See US food tolerances
Fluazinam

  • CAS No. 79622-59-6
  • Fungicide (2,6-Dinitroaniline)
 See effects

  • Body Weight Decrease
  • Bone (including Cleft Palate)
  • Brain
  • Cancer– Suggestive Evidence:THYROID,
  • LIVER
  • Cholesterol
  • Dermal
  • Endocrine: Testicular
  • Endocrine: Thymus
  • Endocrine: Thyroid
  • Endocrine: Uterus
  • Eye
  • Liver
  • Lung
  • Pancreas
  • Spinal Cord
  • Stomach
  • Thyroid

Environmental:

  • Fluazinam is of very high toxic risk to freshwater aquatic organisms, of high toxic risk to marine aquatic organisms, and of high dietary and reproductive risk to wild mammals.
  • Moderately persistent in soil with significant carryover of residues to the next season
  • Suggestive chronic effects (reduced growth in young) in birds
 EPA Registered: Yes

  • Registered use in: Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Portugal, Taiwan, UK, US
Fluazolate

  • CAS No. 174514-07-9
  • Herbicide (Pyrazolylphenyl)
 New pesticide in March 1998.See effectsEnvironmental:

  • Potential for ground water contamination by metabolites M01 and M06.

Contamination incident:
UK 2002: Reference values could not be set due to evidence from observations in humans following a contamination incident, which suggested that fluazolate was absorbed and that a biological effect occurred at lower doses than those which produced effects in animal studies.

Note from FAN:
Both bromine and fluorine are in the chemical formula for this substance. Studies on its effect on the brain need to be performed. (EC)

 EPA Registered: No
Fluazuron

  • CAS No. 86811-58-7
  • Acaricide  (Benzoylphenyl urea)
 Note: As there is little data available on Fluazuron, we include this.Potential Adverse Effect:• Brain EPA Registered: No

  • Registered use in: Australia, Canada, Korea
Flubendiamide

  • CAS No. 272451-65-7
  • Insecticide (unclassified)
 See effects:• Endocrine: Testicular
• Endocrine: Thymus
• Endocrine: Thyroid
• Endocrine: Uterine
• Eye
• Liver
• Reproductive / Developmental:
• Spleen

  • Note: Very little detailed data available as this is a new pesticide, announced in October 2004.
 EPA Registered: Pending
Flubenzimine

  • CAS No. 37893-02-0
  • Acaricide  (Unclassified)
  • WHO: believed obsolete or discontinued
 No toxicological studies available EPA Registered: No

  • European Commission: Not allowed to be used as an active ingredient after July 25, 2003.
Flucarbazone

  • CAS No. 145026-88-6
  • Herbicide  (Triazolone)
 New pesticide in March 1998.Tox data available for Flucarbazone-sodium only. EPA Registered: No
Flucarbazone
-sodium

  • CAS No. 181274-17-9
  • Herbicide (Triazolone)
 New pesticide in March 1998.See effects

  • Body Weight Decrease
  • Bone
  • Endocrine: Thyroid
  • Endocrine: Uterus
  • Immunological effects
  • Liver
  • Stomach

Environmental:

  • Potential to Contaminate Drinking Water
  • With chronic exposure, flucarbazone-sodium reduces fish growth at 2.75 ppm
 EPA Registered: Yes

  • Registered use in: Canada, UK, US
Flucetosulfuron

  • CAS NO. 412928-75-7
  • Herbicide (sulfonylurea)
 New pesticide in November 2003.No Tox data available EPA Registered: No
Fluchloralin

  • CAS No. 33245-39-5
  • Herbicide
    (2,6 Dinitroaniline)
 See effects

  • Blood
  • Brain
  • CNS
  • Cytotoxic, genotoxic, and induces apoptosis
  • Endocrine: Testicular – spermatogenesis
  • Genotoxic
  • Liver

Environmental:

  • Moderately to highly toxic to Fish
  • Highly Toxic to Molluscs
  • Very Highly Toxic to Zooplankton
  • Persistent in soil
 EPA Registered: No

  • US Tolerances: Revoked
  • Registered use in: India
Flucofuron

  • CAS No. 370-50-3
  • Insecticide (Urea)
 No Tox data accessibleSee effectsEnvironmental:

  • Highly toxic to fish and invertebrates
 EPA Registered: No
Flucycloxuron

  • CAS No. 113036-88-7
  • Acaricide
    (Mite Growth Regulator),
    Insecticide
    (Chitin Synthesis
    Inhibitor)
    Herbicide
    (Benzoylurea)
 No toxicological studies available EPA Registered: No

  • Registered use in: Hungary, Netherlands
  • European Commission: Not allowed to be used as an active ingredient after July 25, 2003.
Flucycloxuron, (E)

  • CAS No. 94050-52-9
  • Herbicide (Benzoylurea)
 No toxicological studies available EPA Registered: No

  • European Commission: Not allowed to be used as an active ingredient after July 25, 2003.
Flucythrinate

  • CAS No. 70124-77-5
  • Acaricide, Insecticide (both Pyrethroid)
  • WHO: Highly Hazardous (Class 1b)
 See effects

  • Ataxia
  • Body Weight Decrease
  • Bone
  • Brain
  • Cancer: Potential for tumor promotion
  • Endocrine: Breast Endocrine: Pituitary
  • Endocrine: Testicular
  • Endocrine: Uterus G-Protein effect:Inhibits intercellular communication
  • Heart
  • Kidney
  • Liver
  • Lung
  • Sciatic Nerve
  • Spleen

Environmental:

  • Very highly toxic to Fish, Insects, and Zooplankton
 EPA Registered: No

  • US Tolerances: Revoked
  • Registered use in: India, Japan, Portugal, Taiwan
  • Banned in Norway
  • European Commission: Not allowed to be used as an active ingredient after July 25, 2003.

 

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