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Pyriproxyfen
General Information
- Product Names:
Archer Insct Growth Regulator (Sygenta)
Country Vet Roach Embargo with Growth Inhibitor (FMC) formulated with Esfenvalerate
Nylar (McGlaughin Gomrly King)
Seper Nylar E.C. (Wellmark)
Sumilarv (Sumitomo)
Unicorn IGR (Phaeton)
I.G. Regulator (Control Solutions)
Knack (Valent)
Distance Insect Growth Regulator (Valent)
Esteem Insect Growth Regulator (Valent)
Proxy (Makhteshim)
- Chemical Class: Unclassified
- Uses: Agriculture, structural pest control
- Alternatives: Organic agriculture, Organic lawn care
- Beyond Pesticides rating:
Health and Environmental Effects
- Cancer: Insufficiently Studied
- Endocrine Disruption: Likely (, )
- Reproductive Effects: Likely (, )
- Neurotoxicity: Possible ()
- Kidney/Liver Damage: Yes ()
- Sensitizer/ Irritant: Not Likely
- Birth/Developmental: Likely (, )
- Detected in Groundwater: Low ()
- Potential Leacher: Parent = Slight; Metabolite = Yes ()
- Toxic to Birds: Possible ()
- Toxic to Fish/Aquatic Organisms: Yes (, )
- Toxic to Bees: Yes (, , )
Residential Uses as Found in the ManageSafe™ Database
Additional Information
- Supporting information:
- Studies:
- Fate of pyriproxyfen in soils and plants. Devillers, J., 2020. Toxics, 8(1), p.20.
- Determination by chromatography and cytotoxotoxic and oxidative effects of pyriproxyfen and pyridalyl. de Oliveira, M.D.D.A., de Almeida, P.M., Martins, F.A., Cavalcante, A.A.D.C.M., dos Santos, T.D.J.A., Feitosa, C.M., Rai, M., dos Reis, A.C. and da Costa Júnior, J.S., 2019. Chemosphere, 224, pp.398-406.
- The enantioselective environmental behavior and toxicological effects of pyriproxyfen in soil. Liu, H., Yi, X., Bi, J., Wang, P., Liu, D. and Zhou, Z., 2019. Journal of hazardous materials, 365, pp.97-106.
- The pyriproxyfen metabolite, 4′–OH–PPF, disrupts thyroid hormone signaling in neural stem cells, modifying neurodevelopmental genes affected by ZIKA virus infection. Vancamp, P., Spirhanzlova, P., Sébillot, A., Butruille, L., Gothié, J.D., Le Mével, S., Leemans, M., Wejaphikul, K., Meima, M., Mughal, B.B. and Roques, P. Environmental Pollution, 285, p.117654.
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