From Wikipedia: Acephate is an organophosphate foliar and soil insecticide of moderate persistence with residual systemic activity of about 10–15 days at the recommended use rate. It is used primarily for control of aphids, including resistant species, in vegetables (e.g. potatoes, carrots, greenhouse tomatoes, and lettuce) and in horticulture (e.g. on roses and greenhouse ornamentals). It also controls leaf miners, caterpillars, sawflies, thrips, and spider mites in the previously stated crops as well as turf, and forestry. By direct application to mounds, it is effective in destroying imported fire ants.
Acephate is sold as a soluble powder, as emulsifiable concentrates, as pressurized aerosol, and in tree injection systems and granular formulations.
As of 2012, the EPA no longer allows the usage of acephate on green beans grown in the United States.
Coalition status
Fairtrade Yellow
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Details
Type: Pesticide
Use: Insecticide
Example applications: Fruit;Vegetables;Potatoes;Sugarbeet;Vines;Rice;Hops;Ornamentals;Greenhouse crops including peppers, cucumbers
Example pests controlled: Aphids;Leaf miners;Lepidopterous larvae;Sawflies;Thrips, Ants
Mode of action: Broad-spectrum, contact and ingestion systemic action. Weak 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)
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.
- H302
Harmful if swallowed
Class: Acute Toxicity
Subclass: Oral