Gateway on Pesticide Hazards and Safe Pest Management

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:

1. Go to U.S. EPA's Pesticide Product and Label System and enter the product name. The generic product name may vary.
   
2. 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
   
   
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.
   
   
4. 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. 
   
   

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Isoxaflutole

General Information

• Product Names:

  BALANCE PRO 
  EPIC DF 
  CORVUS 
  PREQUEL 
  

• Chemical Class: Isoxazole herbicide
• Uses: For use on field corn for the control of annual broadleaf weeds
• Alternatives: Organic Agriculture
• Beyond Pesticides rating: Toxic

Health and Environmental Effects

• Cancer: Likely (81)
• Endocrine Disruption: Yes (82)
• Reproductive Effects: Yes (81)
• Neurotoxicity: Not documented
• Kidney/Liver Damage: Yes (8, 81, 82)
• Sensitizer/ Irritant: Not documented
• Birth/Developmental: Yes (8, 81)
• Detected in Groundwater: Yes (80)
• Potential Leacher: Yes (83)
• Toxic to Birds: Not documented
• Toxic to Fish/Aquatic Organisms: Yes (8)
• Toxic to Bees: Not documented

Additional Information

• Regulatory Status:
  • EPA Factsheet
  • Petition for Determination of Nonregulated Status of Cotton Genetically Engineered for Resistance to Glyphosate and Isoxaflutole
• Supporting information:
  • Fluoride Action Network
    WHO Review
• Studies:
  • Scribner, E.A.et al. 2006. Occurrence of isoxaflutole, acetamide, and triazine herbicides and their degradation products in 10 Iowa Rivers draining to the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, 2004. USGS Report 2006-5169, 84 p.
  • Tomkiel, M., Baćmaga, M., Borowik, A., Kucharski, J. and Wyszkowska, J., 2019. Effect of a mixture of flufenacet and isoxaflutole on population numbers of soil-dwelling microorganisms, enzymatic activity of soil, and maize yield. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B, 54(10), pp.832-842.