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Aldicarb

General Information

• Beyond Pesticides Aldicarb Chem Watch Fact Sheet
• Aldicarb Product Names
• Chemical Class: Carbamate Insecticide
• Uses: control of nematodes, insects, and arachnids in agricultural crops including citrus and potatoes until Dec 31, 2011, and cotton, dry beans, peanuts, pecans, sorghum, soybeans, sugar beets, sugarcane, sweet potatoes, and seed alfalfa, field grown ornamentals, tobacco, and coffee until December 31, 2018.
• Alternatives: Agriculture
• Beyond Pesticides rating: Toxic

Health Effects

• EPA Acute Toxicity Category: I (highly toxic)
• Cancer: Not documented
• Endocrine Disruption: Yes (36)
• Reproductive Effects: Yes (13)
• Neurotoxicity: Yes (7)
• Kidney/ Liver Damage: Not documented
• Sensitizer/ Irritant: Not documented
• Birth/ Developmental Defects: Not documented

Environmental Effects

• Detected in Groundwater: Yes (7)
• Detected in Streams: Not documented
• Potential Leacher: Yes (7)
• Toxic to Birds: Yes (8)
• Toxic to Fish/ Aquatic Organisms: Yes (8)
• Toxic to Bees: Yes (8)
• Toxic to Mammals: Yes (8)
• Long-Range Transport: Not documented

Additional Information

• Regulatory Information:
  • EPA and Bayer agreed to terminate all uses of Aldicarb by 2018 because of risks to children and infants found in the Revised Dietary Risk Assessment (8/2010)
  • EPA Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) signed (9/2007)
• Supporting information:
  • Daily News Blog entries (Beyond Pesticides)
  • Asthma, Children and Pesticides (Beyond Pesticides)
  • NCAP Aldicarb Fact Sheet (Northwest Coaltion for Alternatives to Pesticides)
  • Extoxnet Aldicarb Factsheet (Extension Toxicology Network)
  • PAN Pesticides Database: Aldicarb (Pesticide Action Network)
• Key Studies:
  • Do Pesticides Affect Learning and Behavior? the neuro-endocrine-immune connection Warren Porter (2004)