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How To Find Ingredients in Pesticide Products
Beyond Pesticides offers resources below to evaluate the health and ecological effects of specific chemical exposure from ACTIVE INGREDIENTS in pesticide products, as well as regulatory information and supporting scientific documents. Because various pesticide products can contain more than one active ingredient, it is important to READ the LABEL to determine chemical components.
With 192 different active ingredients and counting, it is essential to establish the connection between the use of these chemicals and their respective hazards.
View the step-by-step guide on how to search for the active ingredient(s) in pesticide products below:
- Go to U.S. EPA's Pesticide Product and Label System and enter the product name. The generic product name may vary.
- After searching, click on the chemical ingredients tab or the link for the most recent label to find Active Ingredients.
Chemical List Label List
If one selects the chemical ingredients tab, skip to Step 4 . If not, proceed to step number 3 - To find the active ingredient(s) on the label, search for the page in the document containing the date of registration. Usually, the active ingredients section occurs within the first few pages of the label document.
- Return to the Beyond Pesticides Gateway and search for the active ingredient name in the yellow box to the right or from the list below.
Deltamethrin
General Information
- Fact Sheet: Synthetic Pyrethroids.pdf
- Product Names:
- Chemical Class: Pyrethroid insecticide
- Uses: Agriculture, Christmas trees, Ornamentals
- Alternatives: Organic Agriculture, Organic christmas trees
- Beyond Pesticides rating: Toxic
Health and Environmental Effects
- Cancer: Not documented
- Endocrine Disruption: Yes (36)
- Reproductive Effects: Not documented
- Neurotoxicity: Yes (7)
- Kidney/Liver Damage: Not documented
- Sensitizer/ Irritant: Yes (4)
- Birth/Developmental: Not documented
- Detected in Groundwater: Not documented
- Potential Leacher: Not documented
- Toxic to Birds: Not documented
- Toxic to Fish/Aquatic Organisms: Yes (4)
- Toxic to Bees: Yes (4)
Residential Uses as Found in the ManageSafe™ Database
- Bed Bugs
- Carpenter Ants
- Carpenter Bees
- Cockroaches
- Spiders
- Ants
- Chiggers
- Chinch Bugs
- Fleas
- Gypsy Moths
- Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
- Pantry Moths
- Carpet Beetle
- Centipedes
- Grubs
- Ticks
- Wasps and Yellowjackets
Additional Information
- Regulatory Status:
- EPA Final Registration Review expected 2016
- Supporting information:
- Asthma, Children and Pesticides (Beyond Pesticides)
- Daily News Blog entries (Beyond Pesticides)
- Extoxnet Deltamethrin Factsheet (Extension Toxicology Network)
- PAN Pesticides Database: Deltamethrin (Pesticide Action Network)
- Scorecard Deltamethrin Factsheet (The Pollution Information Site)
- Studies:
- Ca²⁺ Movement Induced by Deltamethrin in PC3 Human Prostate Cancer Cells.. Lee HH, Chou CT, Liang WZ, Chen WC, et al. 2016. Chin J Physiol. 59(3):148-55.
- Developmental pesticide exposure reproduces features of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.. Richardson JR, Taylor MM, Shalat SL, Guillot TS, et al. 2015. FASEB J. 29(5):1960-72
- ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL RISK TO HUMAN HEALTH FOLLOWING USE OF AZAMETHIPHOS, DELTAMETHRIN AND HYDROGEN PEROXIDE IN FISH FARMS. WCA Environment Ltd.
- Developmental pyrethroid exposure causes a neurodevelopmental disorder phenotype in mice. . Curtis, M.A., Dhamsania, R.K., Branco, R.C., Guo, J.D., Creeden, J., Neifer, K.L., Black, C.A., Winokur, E.J., Andari, E., Dias, B.G. and Liu, R.C., 2023.PNAS nexus, 2(4), p.pgad085.
- Exposure to pesticides and risk of Hodgkin lymphoma in an international consortium of agricultural cohorts (AGRICOH). Kim, J., Leon, M.E., Schinasi, L.H., Baldi, I., Lebailly, P., Freeman, L.E.B., Nordby, K.C., Ferro, G., Monnereau, A., Brouwer, M. and Kjaerheim, K., 2023. Cancer Causes & Control, pp.1-9.
- A Comprehensive Review on Pesticide Residues in Human Urine. Hakme, E., Poulsen, M. and Lassen, A. (2024) A Comprehensive Review on Pesticide Residues in Human Urine, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. Available at: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jafc.4c02705.
- Advances and future prospects of pyrethroids: Toxicity and microbial degradation. Singh, S. et al. (2022) Advances and future prospects of pyrethroids: Toxicity and microbial degradation, Science of The Total Environment. Available at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969722016540.
- A Review on Non-target Toxicity of Deltamethrin and Piperonyl Butoxide: Synergist. Basak, Mrinmoy and Choudhury, Rejwan Ahmed and Goswami, Priyanka and Dey, Biplab Kumar and Laskar, Moksood Ahmed (2021) A Review on Non-target Toxicity of Deltamethrin and Piperonyl Butoxide: Synergist. Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International, http://scholar.researcherseuropeans.com/id/eprint/323/
- Subacute oral toxicity of combinations of selected synthetic pyrethroids, piperonyl butoxide, and tetramethrin in rats. Yavuz O, Aksoy A, Das YK, et al. (2013). Subacute oral toxicity of combinations of selected synthetic pyrethroids, piperonyl butoxide, and tetramethrin in rats. Toxicology and Industrial Health. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0748233712469651
- Insecticide Resistance and Its Intensity in Populations of Malaria Vectors in Colombia. Orjuela, L. et al. (2018) Insecticide Resistance and Its Intensity in Populations of Malaria Vectors in Colombia, BioMed Research International. Available at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/2018/9163543.
- Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Exposure to Pesticide Residues in Nectar and Pollen in Urban and Suburban Environments from Four Regions of the United States. Démares, F.J. et al. (2022) Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Exposure to Pesticide Residues in Nectar and Pollen in Urban and Suburban Environments from Four Regions of the United States, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. Available at: https://setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/etc.5298.