From Wikipedia: Chloralose (also known as α-chloralose) is an avicide, and a rodenticide used to kill mice in temperatures below 15 °C. It is also widely used in neuroscience and veterinary medicine as an anesthetic and sedative. Either alone or in combination, such as with urethane, it is used for long-lasting, but light anesthesia.Chemically, it is a chlorinated acetal derivative of glucose.
It is listed in Annex I of Directive 67/548/EEC with the classification Harmful (Xn)
Chloralose exerts barbiturate-like actions on synaptic transmission in the brain, including potent effects at inhibitory γ-aminobutyric acid type A receptors (GABAAR). A structural isomer of chloralose, β-chloralose (also called parachloralose in older literature), is inactive as a GABAAR modulator and also as a general anesthetic.Chloralose is often abused for its avicide properties. In the United Kingdom, protected birds of prey have been killed using the chemical.
Legal using for bird control also often causes raptor mortalities from secondary poisoning, as well as primary poisoning of non-target species from eating bait, for example, kererū pigeon in New Zealand.
Coalition status
FSC restricted HHPsChemical pesticide presenting one out of three of the following hazards: acute toxicity, chronic toxicity and environmental toxicity.
Details
Type: Pesticide
Use: Rodenticide, Avicide, Repellent
Example applications: -
Example pests controlled: Birds;Rats;Mice;Small rodents
Mode of action: Soporific
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.
- H301
Toxic if swallowed
Class: Acute Toxicity
Subclass: Oral - H332
Harmful if inhaled
Class: Acute Toxicity
Subclass: Inhalation - H336
May cause drowsiness or dizziness
Class: STOT-CNS
Subclass: Single exposure - H400
Very toxic to aquatic life
Class: Aquatic
Subclass: Acute - H410
Very toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects
Class: Aquatic
Subclass: Chronic