Table 13

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The reported pounds of pesticides used that are on DPR's toxic air contaminants list applied in California. These pesticides are the active ingredients listed in the California Code of Regulations, Title 3, Division 6, Chapter 4, Subchapter 1, Article 1, Section 6860. Use includes both agricultural and reportable nonagricultural applications. Text files of data are available. Number of Applications and Acres values are for production agricultural pesticide use only.

CHEMICAL LBS 2008 LBS 2009 LBS 2010 LBS 2011 LBS 2012 LBS 2013 LBS 2014 LBS 2015 LBS 2016 LBS 2017
1,3-DICHLOROPROPENE 9708712 6399534 8777714 10899944 11930589 12941042 13614468 15689571 14128721 12579737
2,4-D 11619 10788 12526 5399 4281 5965 6384 7869 9740 9860
2,4-D, 2-ETHYLHEXYL ESTER 20464 15113 74398 25787 27626 25647 21656 26991 31914 19339
2,4-D, ALKANOLAMINE SALTS (ETHANOL AND ISOPROPANOL AMINES) 25 131 516 0.638 16 18 0.091 201 21 82
2,4-D, BUTOXYETHANOL ESTER 1775 2751 1368 1757 1807 3016 2318 1791 893 1325
2,4-D, BUTOXYPROPYL ESTER 13 None None None None None None None None None
2,4-D, BUTYL ESTER None 2 3 4 0.383 26 None 129 None 50
2,4-D, DIETHANOLAMINE SALT 5533 4913 6872 3165 2649 2880 4081 3628 3227 2950
2,4-D, DIMETHYLAMINE SALT 466872 446575 488565 408029 371708 352140 329058 361113 364694 299400
2,4-D, DODECYLAMINE SALT None None None None None None None None 10 None
2,4-D, ISOOCTYL ESTER 9603 4446 4214 5361 4623 2156 779 1026 899 361
2,4-D, ISOPROPYL ESTER 10671 13123 11615 19044 13526 11766 10440 11488 14949 12734
2,4-D, PROPYL ESTER 141 99 57 None None 6 None None None None
2,4-D, TETRADECYLAMINE SALT None None None None None None None None 2 None
2,4-D, TRIETHYLAMINE SALT 332 472 2829 106 5 0.135 23 10 137 2
2,4-D, TRIISOPROPANOLAMINE SALT 1140 1930 2092 2741 1746 1588 2439 1945 1675 534
2,4-D, TRIISOPROPYLAMINE SALT 472 1941 1655 1971 770 1263 1871 1372 1139 749
ACROLEIN 215822 161637 123660 97579 114130 101817 84220 56830 48108 56227
ALUMINUM PHOSPHIDE 132296 108084 108406 156516 148625 142903 113910 90268 160804 296388
ARSENIC ACID None None None 17 None None None None None None
ARSENIC PENTOXIDE 7433 400 16144 8034 9240 8480 16719 22190 10508 5105
ARSENIC TRIOXIDE 0.01 0.001 0.001 0 0.001 None 0.001 0 0.001 None
CAPTAN 362757 329747 450225 376403 402447 349430 370136 511177 638287 561542
CAPTAN, OTHER RELATED 8031 7374 10002 8390 8887 5967 4717 4030 4837 4158
CARBARYL 126678 135264 113066 74772 113864 117252 131744 155525 221095 107433
CHLORINE 1278580 585673 1011383 738584 1389853 1323645 800013 603519 726781 418713
CHLOROPICRIN 5590285 5687571 6391407 7307322 8912442 8220328 8994608 8514720 8641553 8788402
CHROMIC ACID 10384 559 22555 11224 12908 11847 23358 31629 15709 7632
DAZOMET 40272 65725 60539 59245 39229 63920 58652 83058 53928 47323
DDVP 6862 4169 4176 5287 4732 4627 4034 4082 3868 3453
ENDOSULFAN 59917 41840 37146 15679 11113 1833 8136 6420 576 55
ETHYLENE OXIDE 3 7 None None 8 None 0.227 None None None
FORMALDEHYDE 24306 3972 5511 4615 3847 11165 52989 31956 23116 11825
HYDROGEN CHLORIDE 4318 3976 2240 504 336 395 412 553 589 1573
LINDANE 21 8 18 0.858 None 2 None 6 None None
MAGNESIUM PHOSPHIDE 10507 8009 12233 12606 11292 12372 7562 22316 14766 8848
MANCOZEB 330238 281639 754844 1043184 1130439 1149245 1282145 1273682 1435283 1516259
MANEB 861006 656648 370333 53505 6260 1383 1274 286 1275 2224
META-CRESOL 0.466 0.364 0.351 0.827 2 7 0.051 0.313 0.788 4
METAM-SODIUM 9497562 9028103 11153272 10857050 8411437 4846428 4297539 3606650 3297827 3144313
METHANOL None None None None None None None None 2 None
METHIDATHION 47203 47319 51190 29545 23396 6375 3614 245 146 11
METHOXYCHLOR None 8 270 39 None 0 None 0.067 0 3
METHOXYCHLOR, OTHER RELATED None None None None None None None None 0 None
METHYL BROMIDE 5693394 5615683 4809280 4053495 4015990 3534425 2963143 2655234 2602823 1798333
METHYL IODIDE None None None 1157 21 None None None None None
METHYL ISOTHIOCYANATE None None 73 476 764 None 92 63 77 153
METHYL PARATHION 34110 25770 21512 22819 25408 21520 481 182 24 5
METHYL PARATHION, OTHER RELATED 1792 1355 1132 1187 1334 1131 0.049 5 0.169 None
NAPHTHALENE None None 1 0.019 None 0.002 None None None 0.238
PARA-DICHLOROBENZENE 0.938 17 None 0.019 18 0.001 None None None 0.232
PARATHION 33 118 248 196 25 0.217 1 836 41 3
PCNB 29188 24637 37378 11866 17418 26131 23431 20626 53374 76601
PCP, OTHER RELATED 0.501 None 0.401 3 32 39 2 3 0.143 0.406
PCP, SODIUM SALT None None None None None None 0.242 None None None
PCP, SODIUM SALT, OTHER RELATED None None None None None None None None None None
PENTACHLOROPHENOL 4 None 3 18 224 274 11 25 1 4
PHENOL None 2 None None None 5 3 1 41 3
PHENOL, FERROUS SALT None None None None None None 0.234 None None None
PHOSPHINE 48243 29527 11291 125047 50871 20855 11399 28397 19190 21533
PHOSPHORUS 0.041 0.005 1 None 4 3 None None None None
POTASSIUM N-METHYLDITHIOCARBAMATE 5524647 4102412 4832615 5673371 8320255 9484467 7798703 10252596 9343192 8938545
POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE None 109 None None None None None None 113 None
PROPOXUR 188 202 298 808 359 373 251 100 49 43
PROPYLENE OXIDE 105600 111609 300008 448767 364248 410360 400719 396191 368260 255702
S,S,S-TRIBUTYL PHOSPHOROTRITHIOATE 16335 8161 18427 30328 21820 19077 11683 6472 6882 8151
SODIUM CYANIDE 3406 2579 2502 1073 2588 2593 2611 3108 2869 3057
SODIUM DICHROMATE None None None None None None 2 None None None
SODIUM TETRATHIOCARBONATE 354294 249580 233949 168761 49713 0.493 120 None None None
SULFURYL FLUORIDE 2120860 2184823 2728977 2358706 2647607 3062343 2805366 3042512 3299329 3640613
TRIFLURALIN 676386 533307 473395 497571 503800 509778 513766 471561 387921 345609
XYLENE 576 517 1060 282 372 1181 1712 668 556 167
ZINC PHOSPHIDE 1299 20898 1745 2543 2249 2287 3598 4002 3721 4069