Table 3.
Prevalence of common active ingredients, classified by type of pesticide and chemical class, inventoried in the 246 control households that stored at least one pesticide product, NCCLS (2001–2006).a
| Pesticide typeb | Chemical classc | Common active ingredientsb,c |
|---|---|---|
| Insecticide (46%)/ miticide (44%)d | Pyrethroid (37%) | Permethrin (14%); d-trans allethrin (12%); imiprothrin (9%); Cypermethrin, beta (9%); tralomethrin (9%); tetramethrin (7%) |
| Organophosphorus (24%) | Diazinon (12%); chlorpyrifos (8%); acephate (8%); disulfoton (3%); malathion (2%); phosmet (1%) | |
| Unclassified (23%) | Piperonyl butoxide (20%); triforine (7%); pyriproxyfen (2%) | |
| Botanical (21%) | Pyrethrins (19%); rotenone (1%); neem oil (1%) | |
| Dicarboximide (10%) | N-octyl bicycloheptene dicarboximide (10%) | |
| Herbicide terrestrial (24%) | Phosphonoglycine (14%) | Glyphosate, isopropylamine salt (14%) |
| Chlorophenoxy acid or ester (13%) | 2,4-D, dimethylamine salt (11%); 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (6%); MCPP, dimethylamine salt (5%) | |
| Benzoic acid (9%) | Dicamba, dimethylamine salt (8%); dicamba (2%) | |
| 2,6-Dinitroaniline (4%) | Pendimethalin (2%); trifluralin (1%); oryzalin (1%) | |
| Aryloxyphenoxy propionic acid (2%) | Fluazifop-p-butyl (2%) | |
| Fungicide (15%) | Unclassified (8%) | Triforine (8%) |
| Organophosphorus (7%) | Acephate (7%) | |
| Pyrethroid (6%) | Resmethrin (5%); permethrin (1%) | |
| Inorganic copper (2%) | Copper sulfate (basic) (2%); copper ammonium complex (1%) | |
| Substituted benzene (2%) | Chlorothalonil (2%) | |
| Organotin, heavy metal (2%) | Fenbutatin-oxide (2%) | |
| Molluscicide and tadpole shrimp (13%) | Aldehyde (9%) | Metaldehyde (9%) |
| Inorganic (3%) | Iron phosphate (3%) | |
| N-Methyl carbamate (3%) | Carbaryl (3%) | |
| Repellent or feeding depressant (11%) | Unclassified (10%) | DEET (9%); piperonyl butoxide (2%); dipropyl isocinchomeronate (1%) |
| Botanical (2%) | Pyrethrins (2%); p-menthane-3,8-diol (0.4%) | |
| Dicarboximide (2%) | N-octyl bicycloheptene dicarboximide (2%) | |
| Pyrethroid (2%) | Permethrin (1%); d-trans allethrin (0.4%); phenothrin (0.4%) | |
| Rodenticide (0.4%) | 1,3-Indandione (0.4%) | Diphacinone (0.4%) |
| MCPP, methylchlorophenoxypropionic acid or Mecoprop. aThis list is not comprehensive because it contains only the most common pesticide types, chemical classes, and active ingredients. bAs listed in the U.S. EPA Pesticide Product Information System database. cAs listed in the PAN Pesticide database; detailed information on active ingredients can be found using the this database (PAN 2011). dInsecticides and miticides contained the same active ingredients and chemical classes and were therefore combined. | ||