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Use Trends of Pesticides on the State's Proposition 65 List of Chemicals that are "known to cause reproductive toxicity".

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 grand 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.  The 1999 data is preliminary.

ACTIVE INGREDIENT

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

1080 (SODIUM FLUOROACETATE)

241

0

0

53

32

25

0

0

0

2,4-DB ACID

0

0

0

0

0

0

2,599

12,167

20,056

AMITRAZ

4,126

6,327

3,391

137,434

174,867

129,857

161,651

28,945

14,684

ARSENIC PENTOXIDE

0

103

0

660

0

0

0

0

0

ARSENIC TRIOXIDE

0

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

242,126

BROMACIL, LITHIUM SALT

0

<1

0

0

0

0

0

40

40

BROMOXYNIL OCTANOATE

153,791

222,988

204,241

245,715

224,276

277,062

224,250

240,997

259,149

CYANAZINE

154,286

206,875

263,463

284,812

365,520

325,627

288,087

185,082

128,985

CYCLOATE

21,806

23,172

21,600

22,571

20,685

19,597

25,986

29,761

24,429

DICLOFOP-METHYL

15,406

41,919

27,457

47,273

19,314

89,276

47,217

28,296

21,257

DISODIUM CYANODITHIOIMIDO CARBONATE

0

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

150,672

ETHYLENE OXIDE

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

194

31

FENOXAPROP ETHYL

0

0

0

33,712

24,153

25,540

24,439

10,480

13,160

FLUAZIFOP-BUTYL

64,702

78,596

88,357

90,378

80,726

58,367

54,192

55,734

51,640

HYDRAMETHYLNON

0

0

2

0

3

36

35

289

1,615

LINURON

71,368

87,584

111,535

97,887

105,284

104,772

110,067

112,122

110,287

METAM-SODIUM

63,583

135,606

136,218

183,625

199,457

215,899

198,395

154,309

186,147

METHYL BROMIDE

103,092

124,739

89,220

106,694

107,933

96,507

103,068

90,107

104,662

METIRAM

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

<1

0

MYCLOBUTANIL

426,456

574,972

859,361

692,036

841,178

814,268

866,360

1,225,372

878,986

NABAM

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

55

20

NICOTINE

2,789

2,005

348

382

237

167

128

57

36

NITRAPYRIN

1,277

698

434

261

1,493

147

105

851

329

OXADIAZON

2,706

1,317

1,094

1,812

2,400

2,213

1,832

1,933

3,393

OXYDEMETON-METHYL

238,216

235,570

235,013

226,433

253,868

220,824

244,056

186,964

252,012

OXYTHIOQUINOX

8,040

9,407

9,227

6,410

10,000

8,768

5,896

5,306

2,143

POTASSIUM DIMETHYL DITHIO CARBAMATE

0

0

0

6

0

0

0

0

0

RESMETHRIN

317

398

512

419

222

144

182

160

41

SODIUM DIMETHYL DITHIO CARBAMATE

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

253

20

STREPTOMYCIN SULFATE

0

19,260

49,236

58,703

84,111

84,999

89,336

131,936

76,558

TAU-FLUVALINATE

21,522

21,690

24,386

26,578

19,771

22,156

18,387

14,075

12,188

TRIADIMEFON

303,307

330,965

165,472

132,295

118,746

100,142

59,229

79,968

21,091

TRIFORINE

38,223

56,156

84,554

64,069

76,411

53,589

17,455

6,352

1,334

VINCLOZOLIN

68,951

59,653

49,042

49,519

66,672

82,968

67,373

69,067

63,982

WARFARIN

309

493

112

192

151

541

382

310

79

Grand Total

2,264,341

2,735,951

2,949,687

3,054,660

3,400,029

3,276,877

3,064,490

3,247,418

2,641,154

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