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Priority 3 - Chemicals nominated for review
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Reasons for Nomination: HH = Human Health, E = Environmental, R = Residues
Dicofol is an organochlorine miticide used in agriculture and in the home/garden situation. Dicofol is classified as a Schedule 5 (Caution) or Schedule 6 (Poison), depending on the concentration in the product in the Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Drugs and Poisons (SUSDP) and therefore has been assed to have a low to moderate potential to cause harm. Dicofol has been nominated for review because of environmental, human health and residues concerns.
Dicofol products include liquid concentrates, emulsifiable concentrates and wettable powders. They are used for the control of mites and red spiders on cotton, fruit, grapevines, tobacco, vegetables and ornamentals.
Fenbutatin oxide is an organotin miticide used in agriculture. Fenbutatin is classified as Schedule 6 poison in the Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Drugs and Poisons (SUSDP) and therefore has been assesed to contain a moderate potential to cause harm. Fenbutatin oxide has been nominated for review because of environmental and human health concerns.
Fenbutatin oxide is formulated as an emulsifiable concentrate, and is used for the control of certain mites in some pome and stone fruit, avocados, bananas, citrus, strawberries, hops and ornamentals.
Creosote is derived from coal tar and is used as a wood preservative and topical veterinary treatment. Creosote products are classified as Schedule 7 (Dangerous Poison) in the Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Drugs and Poisons (SUSDP). Creosote has been assessed as having a high potential to cause harm. Creosote has been nominated for review because of environmental concerns.
Creosote products are applied to timber for the protection against fungal degradation and attack by wood destroying insects (including termites). Veterinary uses of creosote include a topical cream formulation, which is used to relieve lameness and unsoundness in horses and dogs.
MCPA (2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid) is a selective phenoxy herbicide used in agriculture and the home garden. MCPA products are classified in either Schedule 5 (caution) or Schedule 6 (poison) of the Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Drugs and Poisons (SUSDP) and therefore has been assessed to contain a low or moderate potential to cause harm. MCPA has been nominated for review because of environmental and human health concerns.
Formulations used in agriculture include emulsifiable concentrates, aqueous concentrates and liquids. MCPA is sprayed onto numerous crops, pastures and turf for the control of various broad leaf weeds. MCPA products are also registered for use in the home/garden for the control of broadleaf weeds including bindii, clovers and creeping oxalis in lawn.
Permethrin is a pyrethroid acaricide, insecticide, fungicide, seed dressing and wood preservative used in agriculture, veterinary and home garden situations. Permethrin products are classified in either Schedule 5 (Caution) or Schedule 6 (Poison) of the Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Drugs and Poisons (SUSDP) and therefore have been assessed as having a low or moderate potential to cause harm. Permethrin has been nominated for review because of environmental, human health and residues concerns.
Permethrin functions as a neurotoxin in insects and generally has a low mammalian toxicity. Permethrin is widely used in emulsifiable concentrate, wettable powder, dust, bait and aerosol formulations, to control insect pests including flies, cockroaches, silverfish, fleas, moths, ants and spiders around agricultural, commercial and domestic buildings. Permethrin is also used as a seed dressing to control smut, to prevent insect attack in stored grain and to preserve wood against fungal degradation and insect attack. As a veterinary medicine, permethrin is used as an ectoparasiticide to control fleas, ticks and other nuisance insects on dogs and horses.
Personal Insect Repellents (HH)
There are a number of registered personal insect repellents, which contain various active constituents from different chemical groups. Personal insect repellents generally contain active constituents at concentrations that do not require scheduling, although some are classified as Schedule 5 (caution) in the Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Drugs and Poisons (SUSDP) and therefore has been assed to have a potential to cause harm. The APVMA will consider the group of products registered as personal insect repellents as they have been nominated for review because of human health concerns.
Personal insect repellents are generally applied directly to human skin as liquids or aerosols to repel mosquitoes, sandflies and other biting insects.
Picloram is a pyrimidine herbicide used in agriculture and non-crop situations. Picloram is a substance that is currently considered to not require scheduling. Picloram products, however, predominantly contain Schedule 5 (caution) and Schedule 6 (poison) signal headings as they contain other active constituents that require scheduling. Picoram has been nominated for review because of environmental and human health concerns.
Picloram is a chlorinated derivative of picolinic acid and is the most persistent of the pyrimidine herbicides. Picloram is a systematic herbicide that can be sprayed on to foliage, injected into plants, applied to cut surfaces or applied to the base of plants where it leaches into the roots.
Picloram is formulated in emulsifiable concentrates, suspension concentrates, soluble concentrates or liquid concentrates for the control of a wide range of annual and perennial broad leaf weeds in winter cereal and linseed crops. Picloram is also used for control of a range of environmental, noxious woody and herbaceous weeds.
Propargite is an organosulfur miticide used in agriculture. Propargite is classified as a Schedule 6 poison in the Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Drugs and Poisons (SUSDP) and therefore has been assessed as having a moderate potential to cause harm. Propargite has been nominated for review because of environmental and residue concerns.
Propargite is used in emulsifiable concentrate formulations to kill cotton mites in cotton, while the wettable powder and water dispersible powder formulations are used to control various mite species in fruit, vegetable and ornamental crops.
Propineb is a carbamate-dithiocarbamate fungicide used in agriculture. Propineb is classified as a Schedule 6 poison in the Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Drugs and Poisons (SUSDP) and therefore has been assessed as having a moderate potential to cause harm. Propineb has been nominated for review because of environmental, human health and residue concerns.
Propineb is used as a wettable powder formulation to control various fungal diseases in horticultural crops.