Appendix 9-C
Summary of Pesticides Used in Sugarcane and Pineapple Operations
and Selection for Further Consideration
| Chemical | Synonyms | Laboratory Analytical Grouping1 |
Retained as COPC for Sugar Cane? (Field Areas)2 |
Retained as COPC for Sugar Cane? (Non-Field areas)2 |
Retained as COPC for Pineapple? (Field Areas)2 |
Retained as COPC for Pineapple? (Non-Field areas)2 |
Notes | |
| Benomyl | Benlate | 8321 (Carbamates) |
No | Yes | No | Yes | Fungicide used in seed dipping operations. | |
| Diuron | Karmex | 8321 (Carbamates) |
No | Yes | No | Yes | ||
| Methyl Sulfanilcarbamate | Asulam | 8321 (Carbamates) |
No | No | No | No | Limited use and not significantly toxic. | |
| Oxamyl | Vydate | 8321 (Carbamates) |
No | No | No | No | ||
| Propiconazole | Tilt | 8321 (Carbamates) |
No | Yes | No | Yes | Fungicide used in seed dipping operations. | |
| Dalapon | 8151 or 8321 (Chlorinated Herbicides) |
No | Yes | No | Yes | |||
| Dicamba | 8151 or 8321 (Chlorinated Herbicides) |
No | Yes | No | No | |||
| Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid (2,4 D) |
2,4-D | 8151 or 8321 (Chlorinated Herbicides) |
No | No | No | No | ||
| Dichloropropane, 1,2- | 8151 or 8321 (Chlorinated Herbicides) |
No | No | No | Yes | |||
| Dichloropropene, 1,3- | Telone | 8151 or 8321 (Chlorinated Herbicides) |
No | No | No | No | ||
| Picloram | Tordon | 8151 or 8321 (Chlorinated Herbicides) |
No | No | No | No | Limited use and not significantly toxic. | |
| Table 9-C (continued) | ||||||||
| Chemical | Synonyms | Laboratory Analytical Grouping1 |
Retained as COPC for Sugar Cane? (Field Areas)2 |
Retained as COPC for Sugar Cane? (Non-Field areas)2 |
Retained as COPC for Pineapple? (Field Areas)2 |
Retained as COPC for Pineapple? (Non-Field areas)2 |
Notes | |
| Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid, 2,4,5- (2,4,5 T) |
2,4,5-T | 8151 or 8321 (Chlorinated Herbicides) |
No | Yes | No | No | ||
| Trichloro- Phenoxypropionic Acid, 2,4,5- (2,4,5 Tp) |
2,4,5-TP, Silvex | 8151 or 8321 (Chlorinated Herbicides) |
No | No | No | No | ||
| Arsenic | 6010B or 6020 (Heavy Metals) |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Include arsenic for pineapple operations. | ||
| Lead | 6010B or 6020 (Heavy Metals) |
No | Yes | No | Yes | Lead-based pesticides not used in sugarcane field areas. | ||
| Mercury | Phenyl-mercuric acetate | 7471 (Mercury) |
No | Yes | No | No | ||
| Methyl Mercury | 7471 (Mercury) |
No | Yes | No | No | Investigate only if total Hg contamination identified. | ||
| Captafol | Difolatan | 8081 or 8270 (Organochlorine Pesticides) |
No | No | No | No | ||
| Chlordane (Technical) | Technical Chlordane | 8081 or 8270 (Organochlorine Pesticides) |
No | No | No | Yes | ||
| Endosulfan | 8081 or 8270 (Organochlorine Pesticides) |
No | No | Yes | Yes | |||
| Table 9-C (continued) | ||||||||
| Chemical | Synonyms | Laboratory Analytical Grouping1 |
Retained as COPC for Sugar Cane? (Field Areas)2 |
Retained as COPC for Sugar Cane? (Non-Field areas)2 |
Retained as COPC for Pineapple? (Field Areas)2 |
Retained as COPC for Pineapple? (Non-Field areas)2 |
Notes | |
| Heptachlor | 8081 or 8270 (Organochlorine Pesticides) |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Only used in fields with drip irrigation between 1979 & 1985. Cancelled in 1988. | ||
| Heptachlor Epoxide | 8081 or 8270 (Organochlorine Pesticides) |
No | No | Yes | Yes | |||
| Hexachlorocyclohexane, Gamma | Lindane, BHC | 8081 or 8270 (Organochlorine Pesticides) |
No | No | Yes | Yes | ||
| Trifluralin | Treflan | 8081 or 8270 (Organochlorine Pesticides) |
No | Yes | No | No | ||
| Chlorpyrifos | Dursban | 8141 or 8270 (Organophosphorus Pesticides) |
No | No | No | No | Limited use in small amounts. | |
| Diazinon | 8141 or 8270 (Organophosphorus Pesticides) |
No | No | No | No | Limited use in small amounts. | ||
| Malathion | 8141 or 8270 (Organophosphorus Pesticides) |
No | No | No | No | Limited use in small amounts. | ||
| Parathion | 8141 or 8270 (Organophosphorus Pesticides) |
No | No | No | No | Limited use in small amounts. | ||
| Table 9-C (continued) | ||||||||
| Chemical | Synonyms | Laboratory Analytical Grouping1 |
Retained as COPC for Sugar Cane? (Field Areas)2 |
Retained as COPC for Sugar Cane? (Non-Field areas)2 |
Retained as COPC for Pineapple? (Field Areas)2 |
Retained as COPC for Pineapple? (Non-Field areas)2 |
Notes | |
| Ethephon | Ethrel | 8270 (SVOCs) | No | No | No | No | ||
| Captan | Ethyl Mercapton | 8270 (SVOCs) | No | No | No | No | ||
| Dichlorophenol, 2,4- | 8270 (SVOCs) | No | No | No | No | |||
| Tetrachlorophenol, 2,3,4,6- | 8270 (SVOCs) | No | Yes | No | Yes | |||
| Pentachlorophenol | 8270 or 8151 (SVOCs or Chlorinated Herbicides) |
No | Yes | No | Yes | Banned for use in agricultural fields in 1970 | ||
| Ametryn | Evik | 8141 or 8270 (Triazine Pesticides) |
No | Yes | No | Yes | ||
| Atrazine | Astrex | 8141 or 8270 (Triazine Pesticides) |
No | Yes | No | Yes | ||
| Hexazinone | Velpar | 8141 or 8270 (Triazine Pesticides) |
No | No | No | No | Limited use in small quantities | |
| Metribuzin | 8141 or 8270 (Triazine Pesticides) |
No | No | No | No | Limited use in small quantities | ||
| Simazine | 8141 or 8270 (Triazine Pesticides) |
No | Yes | No | Yes | |||
| Bromodichloromethane | 8260 (VOCs) | No | No | No | No | |||
| Bromomethane | Methyl Bromide | 8260 (VOCs) | No | No | No | No | ||
| Dibromo-3-Chloropropane, 1,2- | DBCP | 8260 (VOCs) | No | No | No | Yes | ||
| Dibromochloromethane | 8260 (VOCs) | No | No | No | Yes | |||
| Dibromoethane, 1,2- | EDB | 8260 (VOCs) | No | No | No | Yes | ||
| Trichloropropene, 1,2,3- | TCP | 8260 (VOCs) | No | No | No | Yes | ||
| Table 9-C (continued) | ||||||||
| Chemical | Synonyms | Laboratory Analytical Grouping1 |
Retained as COPC for Sugar Cane? (Field Areas)2 |
Retained as COPC for Sugar Cane? (Non-Field areas)2 |
Retained as COPC for Pineapple? (Field Areas)2 |
Retained as COPC for Pineapple? (Non-Field areas)2 |
Notes | |
| Dioxins/Furans | 8280/8290 (Dioxins/furans) |
No | Yes | No | Yes | |||
| Glyphosate | Roundup, Rodeo, Polado | 547 | No | No | No | No | ||
| Terbacil | Sinbar | 633 (Organonitrogen Pesticides) |
No | No | No | No | Limited use and toxicity. | |
| Notes: | ||||||||
| 1 | Laboratory analytical method used to categorize pesticides may not match actual pesticide chemical category. | |||||||
| 2 | Retained as chemical of potential concern (COPC) if: any of the following: | |||||||
| ● Known past use. | ||||||||
| ● Commercial lab method available. | ||||||||
| ● Toxicity factors & physiochemical constants available. | ||||||||
| ● Non-field areas are moderately or highly persistent or field areas are highly persistent (see text for details). | ||||||||