Trends in Use in Certain Chemicals
"Known to Cause Reproductive Toxicity"
Table 3A. The reported pounds of pesticides used which are on the State's Proposition 65 list of chemicals that are "known to cause reproductive toxicity". Use includes both agricultural and reportable non-agricultural applications. Data are from the Department of Pesticide Regulation's Pesticide Use Reports with probable errors removed.
| Active Ingredient |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
| 1080 |
1 |
<1 |
<1 |
<1 |
<1 |
1 |
<1 |
<1 |
| 2,4-DB ACID |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1,697 |
6,932 |
| AMITRAZ |
5,834 |
8,953 |
4,877 |
70,363 |
75,018 |
55,459 |
66,439 |
13,563 |
| ARSENIC PENTOXIDE |
201,059 |
262,017 |
150,200 |
86,445 |
83,814 |
205,089 |
64,372 |
50,899 |
| ARSENIC TRIOXIDE |
0 |
<1 |
<1 |
<1 |
<1 |
<1 |
<1 |
1 |
| BENOMYL |
116,961 |
125,777 |
536,594 |
141,586 |
189,943 |
148,433 |
114,406 |
227,690 |
| BROMOXYNIL HEPTANOATE |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
263 |
| BROMOXYNIL OCTANOATE |
79,023 |
106,724 |
112,643 |
127,154 |
119,407 |
148,480 |
115,368 |
120,877 |
| CYANAZINE |
275,809 |
340,945 |
501,962 |
532,688 |
641,057 |
566,633 |
470,838 |
277,313 |
| CYCLOATE |
44,451 |
49,041 |
51,715 |
51,035 |
49,138 |
44,628 |
55,459 |
62,753 |
| DICLOFOP-METHYL |
12,021 |
30,616 |
23,082 |
38,276 |
16,540 |
79,874 |
41,130 |
24,783 |
| DISODIUM CYANODITHIOIMIDO CARBONATE |
<1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| EPTC |
747,253 |
641,581 |
698,176 |
765,576 |
660,185 |
703,996 |
579,245 |
393,031 |
| ETHYLENE OXIDE |
29 |
7 |
1,471 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
31 |
| FENOXAPROP ETHYL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5,023 |
3,731 |
3,974 |
3,895 |
1,504 |
| FLUAZIFOP-BUTYL |
12,660 |
18,361 |
21,356 |
19,772 |
20,451 |
15,095 |
15,253 |
14,724 |
| HYDRAMETHYLNON |
114 |
145 |
142 |
227 |
807 |
1,741 |
5,456 |
3,183 |
| LINURON |
64,063 |
73,577 |
230,827 |
79,950 |
84,937 |
84,335 |
84,621 |
82,170 |
| LITHIUM HYPOCHLORITE |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| METAM-SODIUM |
4,873,276 |
8,554,646 |
8,588,969 |
11,122,361 |
14,975,528 |
15,253,924 |
14,969,732 |
13,729,306 |
| METHYL BROMIDE |
17,578,480 |
18,051,774 |
14,115,900 |
16,607,324 |
17,165,964 |
16,022,069 |
15,663,832 |
13,569,875 |
| METIRAM |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
<1 |
| MYCLOBUTANIL |
40,394 |
57,288 |
86,712 |
69,941 |
85,525 |
89,087 |
94,375 |
129,773 |
| NABAM |
0 |
4 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
50 |
| NICOTINE |
3,259 |
898 |
457 |
457 |
228 |
298 |
258 |
83 |
| NITRAPYRIN |
605 |
332 |
175 |
150 |
639 |
114 |
49 |
407 |
| OXADIAZON |
17,179 |
18,122 |
19,269 |
20,488 |
21,458 |
25,260 |
23,196 |
21,959 |
| OXYDEMETON-METHYL |
115,179 |
118,285 |
117,416 |
111,347 |
120,101 |
106,612 |
115,781 |
89,789 |
| OXYTHIOQUINOX |
5,347 |
6,829 |
6,207 |
4,474 |
7,172 |
6,204 |
2,709 |
1,576 |
| POTASSIUM DIMETHYL DITHIO CARBAMATE |
0 |
0 |
21 |
47 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
24,795 |
| RESMETHRIN |
3,101 |
1,519 |
1,720 |
1,069 |
856 |
661 |
594 |
796 |
| SODIUM DIMETHYL DITHIO CARBAMATE |
0 |
4 |
0 |
337 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
8,279 |
| STREPTOMYCIN SULFATE |
0 |
1,988 |
5,110 |
6,165 |
9,619 |
9,494 |
9,605 |
14,950 |
| TAU-FLUVALINATE |
3,944 |
4,632 |
3,730 |
4,723 |
3,787 |
4,137 |
3,040 |
2,827 |
| TRIADIMEFON |
45,968 |
48,645 |
29,699 |
24,147 |
20,692 |
17,370 |
12,204 |
12,919 |
| TRIFORINE |
17,713 |
29,268 |
41,848 |
32,574 |
39,729 |
24,877 |
6,562 |
2,752 |
| VINCLOZOLIN |
42,626 |
41,221 |
37,550 |
33,661 |
48,270 |
60,286 |
46,908 |
54,719 |
| WARFARIN |
1 |
1 |
1 |
<1 |
<1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Total |
24,306,352 |
28,593,201 |
25,387,829 |
29,957,370 |
34,444,598 |
33,678,130 |
32,567,052 |
28,944,574 |
Table 3B. The reported cumulative acres treated with pesticides which are on the State's Proposition 65 list
of chemicals "known to cause reproductive toxicity". Use includes primarily agricultural applications.
The total for acres treated may be less than the sum of acres treated for all active ingredients because some products
contain more than one active ingredient. Data are from the Department of Pesticide Regulation's Pesticide Use Reports
with probable errors removed.
| Active Ingredient |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
| 1080 |
241 |
0 |
0 |
53 |
32 |
25 |
0 |
0 |
| 2,4-DB ACID |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2,599 |
12,167 |
| AMITRAZ |
4,126 |
6,327 |
3,391 |
137,434 |
174,867 |
129,857 |
161,651 |
28,945 |
| ARSENIC PENTOXIDE |
0 |
103 |
0 |
660 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| ARSENIC TRIOXIDE |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| BENOMYL |
217,799 |
256,653 |
278,444 |
271,289 |
360,931 |
310,563 |
245,687 |
434,725 |
| BROMOXYNIL HEPTANOATE |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
36 |
521 |
| BROMOXYNIL OCTANOATE |
153,791 |
222,988 |
204,241 |
245,715 |
224,276 |
277,062 |
224,250 |
240,997 |
| CYANAZINE |
154,286 |
206,875 |
263,463 |
284,812 |
365,520 |
325,627 |
288,087 |
185,082 |
| CYCLOATE |
21,806 |
23,172 |
21,600 |
22,571 |
20,685 |
19,597 |
25,986 |
29,761 |
| DICLOFOP-METHYL |
15,406 |
41,919 |
27,457 |
47,273 |
19,314 |
89,276 |
47,217 |
28,296 |
| DISODIUM CYANODITHIOIMIDO CARBONATE |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| EPTC |
282,029 |
238,804 |
246,970 |
273,441 |
241,587 |
232,820 |
208,093 |
141,511 |
| ETHYLENE OXIDE |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
194 |
| FENOXAPROP ETHYL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
33,712 |
24,153 |
25,540 |
24,439 |
10,480 |
| FLUAZIFOP-BUTYL |
64,702 |
78,596 |
88,357 |
90,378 |
80,726 |
58,367 |
54,192 |
55,734 |
| HYDRAMETHYLNON |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
36 |
35 |
289 |
| LINURON |
71,368 |
87,584 |
111,535 |
97,887 |
105,284 |
104,772 |
110,067 |
112,122 |
| LITHIUM HYPOCHLORITE |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| METAM-SODIUM |
63,583 |
135,606 |
136,218 |
183,625 |
199,457 |
215,899 |
198,395 |
154,309 |
| METHYL BROMIDE |
103,092 |
124,739 |
89,220 |
106,694 |
107,933 |
96,507 |
103,068 |
90,107 |
| METIRAM |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
<1 |
| MYCLOBUTANIL |
426,456 |
574,972 |
859,361 |
692,036 |
841,178 |