Chemical Class: organophosphate

Principal Use: herbicide

Long Term Effects on Mammals: suspect mutagen; liver damage; suspect carcinogen (RCC carcinogenicity rating); transformation product (formaldehyde): carcinogen; eye damage from transformation to formic acid; transformation product (N-nitrosoglyphosate): suspect carcinogen; contaminant of surfactant: carcinogen

Effects On Non-target Species:

immediate toxicity: low for bees and birds; low to medium for fish and crustaceans surfactant: medium to high for fish
long-term toxicity: plants - mutagen

Transformation Products: formaldehyde; N-nitrosoglyphosate (in contact with nitric acid)

Common Trade Names: Pondmaster; Rattler; Rodeo; Roundup; Roundup L&G; Shackle; Shacklet C; Spasor; Sting; Vision

CAS #: 38641-94-0