Chemical Class: organophosphate

Principal Use: insecticide; banned from use on golf courses and turf farms in USA

Use Cluster: Major Lawn Care

Groundwater Persistance Level: low

Listed on EPA Toxics Release Inventory

Long Term Effects on Mammals: fetotoxin; suspect mutagen; immunotoxin; suspect neurotoxin; allergic dermatitis; conjunctivitis

Effects On Non-target Species:

immediate toxicity: very high for birds, fish, amphibians, crustaceans, bees, aquatic insects; toxic to some plants
long-term toxicity: birds - teratogen

Transformation Products: sulfoTEPP; TEPP

Common Trade Names: Bug-B-Gon; Spectracide; AG 500; Alfa-Tox; Basudin; Dazzel; Diazajet; Diazatol; Diazide; Diazinon; Diazitol; Diazol; dimpylate; Dipofene; G 24480; GardenTox; Knox Out 2FM; Neocidol; Nipsan; Sarolex

CAS #: 333-41-5