Chemical Class: carbamate

Principal Use: molluscicide; insecticide; acaricide

Use Cluster: Major Lawn Care; Golf Course

Groundwater Persistance Level: low

Listed on EPA Toxics Release Inventory

Long Term Effects on Mammals: suspect carcinogen; fetotoxin; suspect mutagen; teratogen; suspect viral enhancer; decreased fertility from ovary and testes damage through successive generations

Effects On Non-target Species:

immediate toxicity: extremely toxic for bees, earthworms; very high for fish, crustaceans, aquatic insects; high to very high for aquatic worms; low to medium for birds; plants - toxic to some, chromosome damage in some
long-term toxicity: birds - may affect breeding success; fish - may affect reproduction, increased vulnerability to predation, affects swimming capacity

Transformation Products: nitrosocarbaryl (from reaction with nitric acid of; 1-naphthol

Common Trade Names: Arylam; Bercema NMC50; Carpolin; Crag Sevin; Dicarbam; Dyna-carbyl; Germain's; Hexavin; Karbatox 75; Menaphtham; Nac; Pomex; Ravyon; Sevin; Sok; Tercyl; Tricarnam; UC 7744; Vioxan; Zrylam

CAS #: 63-25-2