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Date: 5/2/96
Top 100 Chemicals Applied in California
Ranked By Pounds of Chemicals Applied - 1994
Rank Pounds Applied Chemical Name
170,537,152.7820SULFUR
219,845,342.6367PETROLEUM OIL, UNCLASSIFIED
316,960,421.0417METHYL BROMIDE
411,173,564.9773METAM-SODIUM
5 3,729,262.8682COPPER HYDROXIDE
6 3,725,637.9091GLYPHOSATE, ISOPROPYLAMINE SALT
7 3,647,979.2427SODIUM CHLORATE
8 3,484,336.1309MINERAL OIL
9 3,110,733.5187COPPER SULFATE (PENTAHYDRATE)
10 3,055,228.0829CHLORPYRIFOS
11 2,636,645.6497CRYOLITE
12 2,484,387.7694CHLOROPICRIN
13 2,288,103.2351PETROLEUM DISTILLATES
14 1,833,525.0767PROPARGITE
15 1,734,436.5183SULFURYL FLUORIDE
16 1,548,223.3162CALCIUM HYDROXIDE
17 1,540,143.5701MOLINATE
18 1,387,854.2285DIAZINON
19 1,330,908.1228DIURON
20 1,327,353.1291TRIFLURALIN
21 1,032,685.9988MANEB
22 1,027,380.0512ZIRAM
23920,996.9992 ALKYLARYLPOLY/OXYETHYLENE/GLYCOL
24 913,668.1529S,S,S-TRIBUTYL PHOSPHOROTRITHIOATE
25 909,843.5091NALED
26 897,587.3020SIMAZINE
27 897,466.5667ETHEPHON
28 891,745.8257CARBARYL
29 871,469.4167CREOSOTE
30 861,603.6654CHLOROTHALONIL
31 794,771.8037EPTC
32 793,206.9224METHOMYL
33 782,526.1566MALATHION
34 756,138.6888CHLORINE
35 735,064.0890PARAQUAT DICHLORIDE
36 704,404.9607ORYZALIN
37 691,679.5342DIMETHOATE
38 658,849.5464COPPER SULFATE (BASIC)
39 654,585.6388POLY-I-PARA-MENTHENE
40 618,166.0302CAPTAN
41 600,465.6435DICOFOL
42 577,181.1775LIQUID NITROGEN
43 571,325.1863CHLORTHAL-DIMETHYL
44 560,472.9548MANCOZEB
45 532,752.2890CYANAZINE
46 531,788.2705COTTONSEED OIL
47 523,131.0027PETROLEUM OIL, PARAFFIN BASED
48 516,262.6474LIME-SULFUR
49 475,742.4286ENDOSULFAN
50 462,268.7242IPRODIONE
51 446,666.7147FOSETYL-AL
52 432,165.2935AZINPHOS-METHYL
53 411,084.7352THIOBENCARB
54 410,005.99742,4-D, DIMETHYLAMINE SALT
55 398,803.6906ACEPHATE
56 382,968.5084ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL
57 377,241.4103PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS
58 370,087.3618METHIDATHION
59 368,036.2243OXYFLUORFEN
60 347,903.8704POTASH SOAP
61 336,992.8605ACROLEIN
62 329,580.9179PENDIMETHALIN
63 313,741.8827OCTYLPHENOXYPOLYETHOXYETHANOL
64 285,037.9247SULFUR DIOXIDE
65 283,398.6137CARBOFURAN
66 280,692.5115MCPA, DIMETHYLAMINE SALT
67 277,862.8729VEGETABLE OIL
68 277,476.1024COPPER OXIDE
69 273,399.1336PERMETHRIN
70 272,842.1157PROFENOFOS
71 266,656.1983SODIUM CACODYLATE
72 255,816.7717PHOSPHORIC ACID
73 245,826.5454MODIFIED PHTHALIC GLYCEROL ALKYD RESIN
74 244,851.2001METHAMIDOPHOS
75 239,346.6562COPPER OXYCHLORIDE SULFATE
76 235,689.6577PEBULATE
77 231,654.7482ALDICARB
78 226,012.6443PROMETRYN
79 206,528.3730PHOSMET
80 192,405.5883BROMACIL
81 191,031.2174HYDROGEN CYANAMIDE
82 190,765.6315BORIC ACID
83 182,855.1365FENAMIPHOS
84 180,775.8840CARBON DIOXIDE
85 166,559.8089KEROSENE
86 165,544.1077THIRAM
87 164,806.0921NORFLURAZON
88 164,748.0188NAPROPAMIDE
89 163,645.8746THIOPHANATE-METHYL
90 161,755.7866FORMETANATE HYDROCHLORIDE
91 161,700.0930PHORATE
92 160,637.7292METOLACHLOR
93 160,104.3077ALKYL POLYOXYALKYLENE ETHER
94 151,974.3487BENOMYL
95 142,630.9550CALCIUM CARBONATE
96 142,240.2018MSMA
97 141,768.5687BROMOXYNIL OCTANOATE
98 140,883.3710ALKYLARYLPOLYOXYETHYLENE ETHANOL
99 140,507.7648DICLORAN
100139,201.6376HEXAZINONE
TOTAL 191,581,384.6501 POUNDS APPLIED