From Wikipedia: Bendiocarb is an acutely toxic carbamate insecticide used in public health and agriculture and is effective against a wide range of nuisance and disease vector insects. Many bendiocarb products are or were sold under the tradenames "Ficam" and "Turcam."
All bendiocarb-containing products in the United States were recently cancelled, after its manufacturers voluntarily chose to pull their products off the market, rather than conduct additional safety studies required by the EPA. In other countries, it is still used in homes, industrial plants, and food storage sites to control bedbugs, mosquitoes, flies, wasps, ants, fleas, cockroaches, silverfish, and ticks but can be used against a wide variety of insects as well as snails and slugs. It is one of 12 insecticides recommended by the World Health Organization for use in malaria control.Bendiocarb is not considered to be carcinogenic, but it is acutely toxic. Like other carbamates, it reversibly inhibits acetylcholinesterase, an enzyme required for normal transmission of nerve impulses. Bendiocarb binds to the active site of this enzyme leading to an accumulation of acetylcholine, which is required for the transmission of nerve impulses, at nerve muscle sites.Bendiocarb was invented in 1971 and was first introduced into the market by Fisons Ltd. It is currently marketed by Bayer CropScience and Kuo Ching under various trade names: Ficam, Dycarb, Garvox, Turcam, Niomil, Seedox, Tattoo
Bendiocarb is highly toxic to birds and fish. In addition, recently, a study in bone marrow cells of Calotes versicolor lizard demonstrated that chronic exposure to this contaminant increases the level of cytoxicity and genotoxicity (Anisha et al., 2019). In mammalian tissue, carbamates are generally excreted rapidly and do not accumulate.
Coalition status
Fairtrade Yellow
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Details
Type: Pesticide
Use: Insecticide, Veterinary substance
Example applications: Non-cropped areas including paths, railroads;Residences and commercial buildings;Turf;Ornamentals
Example pests controlled: Beetles;Aphids;Mites;caterpillars;Spiders;Wasps;Ants;Flies
Mode of action: Systemic, with contact and stomach action resulting in rapid knock-down. Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitor.
Source: PPDB
Toxicty
Bird toxicity
Highly toxic to birds acute oral LD50 (LD50 < 200mg/bg bw)
Highly toxic to birds acute oral LD50 (LD50 < 200mg/bg bw)
Mammal toxicity
Acute oral LD50 for most sensitive mammal species (LD50 < 200mg/kg bw).
Identifiers
GHS safety labels
About Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS)
From Wikipedia: The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) is an internationally agreed-upon standard managed by the United Nations that was set up to replace the assortment of hazardous material classification and labelling schemes previously used around the world. Core elements of the GHS include standardized hazard testing criteria, universal warning pictograms, and harmonized safety data sheets which provide users of dangerous goods with a host of information. The system acts as a complement to the UN Numbered system of regulated hazardous material transport. Implementation is managed through the UN Secretariat. Although adoption has taken time, as of 2017, the system has been enacted to significant extents in most major countries of the world.[1] This includes the European Union, which has implemented the United Nations' GHS into EU law as the CLP Regulation, and United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards.
- H300
Fatal if swallowed
Class: Acute Toxicity
Subclass: Oral - H311
Toxic in contact with skin
Class: Acute Toxicity
Subclass: Dermal - H331
Toxic if inhaled
Class: Acute Toxicity
Subclass: Inhalation - H400
Very toxic to aquatic life
Class: Aquatic
Subclass: Acute - H410
Very toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects
Class: Aquatic
Subclass: Chronic