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Simazine
General Information
- Product Names:
Princep (Syngenta)
Algiclear (WECO Products)
- Chemical Class: Chlorinated triazine herbicide
- Uses: Controls most annual grasses and broadleaf weeds before they emerge or after removal of weed growth used for fruit and nut crops, such as apples, oranges, and almonds, in addition to corn, forestry sites and on turfgrass (residential and comerically grown) industrial sites, highway medians and shoulders, railroad rights-of-way, lumberyards, petroleum tank farms; also used as an algaecide in small ornamental ponds and aquariums.
- Alternatives: Organic agriculture, Organic christmas trees, Least-toxic weed control
- Beyond Pesticides rating:
Health and Environmental Effects
- Cancer: Not documented
- Endocrine Disruption: Yes ()
- Reproductive Effects: Yes ()
- Neurotoxicity: Not documented
- Kidney/Liver Damage: Yes ()
- Sensitizer/ Irritant: Not documented
- Birth/Developmental: Yes ()
- Detected in Groundwater: Frequently ()
- Potential Leacher: Yes ()
- Toxic to Birds: Not documented
- Toxic to Fish/Aquatic Organisms: Yes ()
- Toxic to Bees: Not documented
Additional Information
- Regulatory Status:
- Supporting information:
- Studies:
- Impaired development of female mouse offspring maternally exposed to simazine. Park S, Kim S, et al. 2014. Environ Toxicol Pharmacol. 38(3):845-51
- The influence of polyethylene microplastics on pesticide residue and degradation in the aquatic environment. Wang, F., Gao, J., Zhai, W., Liu, D., Zhou, Z., & Wang, P. (2020). The influence of polyethylene microplastics on pesticide residue and degradation in the aquatic environment. Journal of hazardous materials, 394, 122517. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.122517
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