carbaryl 85%WP 98%TC Sevin /agrochemical/ insecticide chemical

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Toxicology

MAMMALIAN TOXICOLOGY
Oral: Acute oral LD50 for rats 264, female rats 500, rabbits 710 mg/kg.
Skin and eye: Acute percutaneous LD50 for rats >4000, rabbits >2000 mg/kg.
Slight eye irritant, mild skin irritant (rabbits).
Inhalation: LC50 (4 h) for rats 3.28 mg/l air.
NOEL: (2 y) for rats 200 mg/kg diet.
ADI: 0.003 mg/kg b.w.
Toxicity class: WHO (a.i.) II; EPA (formulation) I ('Tercyl' 85WP), II ('Sevin' 80S), III
EC hazard R40| Xn; R22| N; R50
ECOTOXICOLOGY
Birds: Acute oral LD50 for young mallard ducks >2179, young pheasants >2000,
Japanese quail 2230, pigeons 1000-3000 mg/kg.
Fish: LC50 (96 h) for rainbow trout 1.3, sheepshead
minnow 2.2, bluegill sunfish 10 mg/l.
Daphnia: LC50 (48 h) 0.006 mg/l.
Algae: EC50 (5 d) for Selenastrum capricornutum 1.1 mg/l.
Other aquatic spp.: LC50 (96 h) for mysid shrimp (Mysidopsis bahia) 0.0057 mg/l;
LC50 (48 h) for Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) 2.7 mg/l.
Bees: Toxic to bees; LD50 (topical) 1 g/bee.
Worms: LC50 (28 d ) 106-176 mg/kg soil.
Other beneficial spp.: Toxic to beneficial insects.

 

 

 

Application

Biochemistry: Weak cholinesterase inhibitor.
Mode of action: Insecticide with contact and stomach action, and slight systemic properties. Uses: Control of Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, and other chewing and sucking insects, at 0.25-2.0 kg a.i./ha, on more than 120 different crops, including vegetables, tree fruit (including citrus), mangoes, bananas, strawberries, nuts, vines, olives, okra, cucurbits, peanuts, soya beans, cotton, rice, tobacco, cereals, beet, maize, sorghum, alfalfa, potatoes, ornamentals, forestry, etc. Control of earthworms in turf. Used as a growth regulator for fruit thinning of apples. Also used as an animal ectoparasiticide.