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Picaridin

KBR 3023

General Information

• Product Names:

  Cutter Insect Repellent (Spectrum, A Div Of United Industries Corp)
  Avon Skin-So-Soft SSS Bug Guard Plus Picaridin Insect Repellent (Avon Products, Inc.)

  Natrapel 8 Hour Insect Repellent (Tender Corporation)
  Centura Fly And Mosquito Repellent Spray (Convet GMBH & Co. Kg) 
  Sawyer Premium Insect Repellent 20% Picaridin (Sawyer Products, Inc.)

• Chemical Class: Piperidine
• Uses: Insect repellent
• Beyond Pesticides rating: Least-toxic

Health and Environmental Effects

• Cancer: Not documented
• Endocrine Disruption: Not documented
• Reproductive Effects: Not documented
• Neurotoxicity: Not documented
• Kidney/Liver Damage: Not documented
• Sensitizer/ Irritant: Not documented
• Birth/Developmental Not documented
• Detected in Groundwater: Not documented
• Potential Leacher: Yes (27)
• Toxic to Birds: Not documented
• Toxic to Fish/Aquatic Organisms: Not documented
• Toxic to Bees: Not documented

Additional Information

• Regulatory Status:
  • EPA Factsheet (5/2005)
• Supporting information:
  • PAN Pesticides Database: (Pesticide Action Network)
  • CDC Insect Repellent Factsheet (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC)
  • NPIC Factsheet (National Pesticide Information Center)
• Studies:
  • Field evaluation of the efficacy of proprietary repellent formulations with IR3535 and picaridin against Aedes aegypti.Naucke TJ, et al. 2007. Parasitology Research
  • Repellency of IR3535, KBR3023, para-menthane-3,8-diol, and Deet to Black Salt Marsh Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Everglades National Park. Barnard, DR et al. 2002. J Med. Entomol.