Table 7
The reported pounds of pesticides used that are listed by U.S. EPA as A or B carcinogens or on the State's Proposition 65 list of chemicals that are "known to cause cancer". 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 Pounds | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,2-DICHLOROPROPANE, 1,3-DICHLOROPROPENE AND RELATED C3 COMPOUNDS | None | None | None | 6 | None | 1 | None | None | None | None |
| 1,3-DICHLOROPROPENE | 6,450,125 | 8,797,078 | 10,924,344 | 11,947,156 | 12,941,042 | 13,614,468 | 15,689,571 | 14,128,721 | 12,581,936 | 12,569,270 |
| 2,4-D | 9,338 | 11,914 | 5,400 | 4,259 | 5,665 | 6,384 | 7,372 | 6,046 | 4,344 | 6,083 |
| 4-VINYLCYCLOHEXENEDIEPOXIDE | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | <1 |
| ACIFLUORFEN, SODIUM SALT | None | <1 | None | <1 | <1 | <1 | None | None | None | <1 |
| ALACHLOR | 6,362 | 9,936 | 9,294 | 8,836 | 6,562 | 5,118 | 3,230 | 84 | 9 | 5 |
| ALPHA-CHLOROHYDRIN | None | None | 2 | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
| AMITROLE | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | None | None | None | 2 | None | None |
| ARSENIC ACID | None | None | 17 | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
| ARSENIC PENTOXIDE | 400 | 16,144 | 8,034 | 9,240 | 8,480 | 16,719 | 22,190 | 10,508 | 5,105 | 3,677 |
| ARSENIC TRIOXIDE | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | None | <1 | <1 | <1 | None | None |
| AURAMINE | <1 | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
| CACODYLIC ACID | <1 | 3 | <1 | <1 | None | <1 | None | <1 | <1 | 1 |
| CAPTAN | 329,747 | 450,225 | 376,597 | 403,224 | 349,430 | 370,136 | 511,177 | 638,401 | 561,769 | 413,622 |
| CARBARYL | 136,104 | 113,983 | 74,890 | 113,845 | 117,252 | 131,744 | 155,525 | 221,095 | 107,453 | 128,623 |
| CARBON TETRACHLORIDE | <1 | None | 6 | 90 | None | 7 | <1 | <1 | <1 | None |
| CHLORDANE | 6 | 6 | None | 16 | None | None | 2 | None | <1 | <1 |
| CHLORDECONE | None | None | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 |
| CHLOROTHALONIL | 715,972 | 961,618 | 1,149,139 | 1,183,472 | 1,114,884 | 1,215,447 | 1,068,448 | 1,127,282 | 1,240,392 | 1,171,126 |
| CHROMIC ACID | 559 | 22,555 | 11,224 | 12,908 | 11,847 | 23,358 | 31,629 | 15,709 | 7,632 | 5,497 |
| CREOSOTE | <1 | None | None | None | 3 | None | 1 | None | None | <1 |
| DAMINOZIDE | 6,570 | 9,361 | 8,441 | 8,250 | 8,560 | 8,427 | 8,959 | 7,585 | 8,063 | 6,819 |
| DDVP | 4,169 | 4,176 | 5,480 | 4,890 | 4,627 | 4,034 | 4,082 | 3,868 | 3,456 | 3,505 |
| DDVP, OTHER RELATED | 217 | 194 | 268 | 276 | 278 | 162 | 165 | 123 | 113 | 109 |
| DICLOFOP-METHYL | 15 | None | 7 | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
| DIETHANOLAMINE | None | None | None | None | None | None | 76 | 392 | 293 | 389 |
| DIOCTYL PHTHALATE | 186 | 453 | 248 | 262 | 198 | 73 | 36 | 94 | None | <1 |
| DIPROPYL ISOCINCHOMERONATE | <1 | 1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 |
| DIURON | 623,001 | 588,905 | 675,024 | 554,583 | 413,291 | 325,345 | 317,328 | 248,331 | 179,467 | 188,274 |
| ETHOPROP | 20,793 | 5,645 | 7,475 | 2,077 | 2,502 | 3,076 | 1,820 | 2,023 | 2,134 | 5,848 |
| ETHYL ACRYLATE | None | 9 | 36 | None | 2 | 11 | 4 | <1 | None | None |
| ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE | <1 | None | None | 6 | None | None | <1 | None | None | None |
| ETHYLENE OXIDE | 7 | None | None | 8 | None | <1 | None | None | None | None |
| FENOXYCARB | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | <1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | <1 |
| FOLPET | None | <1 | None | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | None |
| FORMALDEHYDE | 3,972 | 5,511 | 4,615 | 3,847 | 11,165 | 52,989 | 31,956 | 23,116 | 11,825 | 1,349 |
| GLYPHOSATE | 8,167 | 10,737 | 5,301 | 1,894 | 645 | 21 | 129 | 40 | 37 | 70 |
| GLYPHOSATE, DIAMMONIUM SALT | 34,032 | 11,987 | 11,468 | 2,428 | 2,989 | 3,673 | 1,019 | 897 | 112 | 28 |
| GLYPHOSATE, DIMETHYLAMINE SALT | 13,801 | 29,788 | 130,752 | 123,817 | 92,504 | 128,942 | 139,644 | 156,713 | 149,505 | 140,479 |
| GLYPHOSATE, ISOPROPYLAMINE SALT | 4,736,643 | 5,617,241 | 5,912,962 | 4,985,453 | 5,008,332 | 4,877,876 | 4,859,287 | 5,147,133 | 5,368,052 | 5,766,081 |
| GLYPHOSATE, MONOAMMONIUM SALT | 31,567 | 24,675 | 22,748 | 11,921 | 36,553 | 21,965 | 12,387 | 18,724 | 9,033 | 7,098 |
| GLYPHOSATE, POTASSIUM SALT | 2,400,139 | 3,074,103 | 4,711,137 | 5,403,813 | 5,306,770 | 5,613,513 | 6,517,467 | 6,424,021 | 6,267,885 | 6,109,802 |
| GLYPHOSATE-TRIMESIUM | 2,153 | 535 | 574 | 144 | 41 | 310 | None | None | 34 | 19 |
| HEPTACHLOR | None | None | None | <1 | None | None | None | None | <1 | <1 |
| IMAZALIL | 13,255 | 26,181 | 25,767 | 25,085 | 26,013 | 19,312 | 22,305 | 26,528 | 22,293 | 20,409 |
| IPRODIONE | 249,157 | 349,532 | 353,707 | 297,788 | 260,152 | 240,455 | 220,086 | 297,614 | 260,566 | 111,587 |
| KRESOXIM-METHYL | 27,338 | 32,107 | 38,587 | 26,276 | 26,213 | 28,346 | 23,915 | 22,905 | 23,565 | 19,944 |
| LINDANE | 8 | 18 | <1 | None | 2 | None | 6 | None | None | None |
| MALATHION | 532,321 | 561,398 | 512,004 | 405,353 | 446,743 | 502,997 | 443,128 | 355,053 | 334,893 | 360,906 |
| MANCOZEB | 282,587 | 757,664 | 1,045,594 | 1,130,998 | 1,149,091 | 1,282,145 | 1,273,707 | 1,436,008 | 1,519,480 | 1,315,141 |
| MANEB | 657,090 | 370,333 | 54,024 | 6,260 | 1,383 | 1,274 | 286 | 1,275 | 2,224 | 59 |
| METAM-SODIUM | 9,359,224 | 11,428,913 | 10,895,290 | 8,427,548 | 4,846,423 | 4,297,539 | 3,606,650 | 3,297,827 | 3,144,356 | 3,765,705 |
| METHYL EUGENOL | None | None | 5 | None | 9 | None | None | 126 | 386 | 1,149 |
| METHYL IODIDE | None | None | 1,157 | 21 | None | None | None | None | None | None |
| METHYLENE CHLORIDE | 32 | 31 | 24 | 61 | 53 | 76 | 35 | 39 | 36 | 10 |
| METIRAM | None | None | 15 | 34 | 17 | 13 | <1 | 4 | 26 | 18 |
| NAPHTHALENE | None | 1 | <1 | None | <1 | None | None | None | <1 | <1 |
| NITRAPYRIN | 84 | 211 | None | <1 | 2 | None | 5 | 2 | None | 16 |
| NITROFEN | 2 | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
| ORTHO-PHENYLPHENOL | 2,133 | 2,271 | 2,582 | 2,964 | 1,713 | 1,777 | 1,316 | 1,181 | 472 | 418 |
| ORTHO-PHENYLPHENOL, SODIUM SALT | 2,294 | 2,129 | 5,192 | 3,586 | 4,375 | 3,611 | 4,815 | 2,261 | None | None |
| ORYZALIN | 529,892 | 602,291 | 768,869 | 686,197 | 584,071 | 582,736 | 510,680 | 316,178 | 338,029 | 297,679 |
| OXADIAZON | 8,741 | 12,382 | 7,783 | 7,272 | 6,759 | 4,960 | 12,139 | 5,028 | 6,072 | 8,256 |
| OXYTHIOQUINOX | 45 | 6 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | None | 1 | None | <1 |
| PARA-DICHLOROBENZENE | 17 | None | <1 | 18 | <1 | None | None | None | <1 | <1 |
| PARATHION | 118 | 257 | 196 | 25 | <1 | 1 | 836 | 41 | 3 | 3 |
| PENTACHLOROPHENOL | None | 3 | 18 | 224 | 274 | 11 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 27 |
| PIRIMICARB | 2 | 1 | <1 | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
| POTASSIUM DICHROMATE | None | None | None | None | <1 | None | <1 | None | None | None |
| POTASSIUM N-METHYLDITHIOCARBAMATE | 4,128,181 | 4,832,615 | 5,673,722 | 8,320,255 | 9,484,467 | 7,798,703 | 10,252,596 | 9,343,192 | 8,940,720 | 8,527,736 |
| PROPARGITE | 378,099 | 294,853 | 296,351 | 252,218 | 291,001 | 246,496 | 213,205 | 206,503 | 244,825 | 226,091 |
| PROPOXUR | 202 | 298 | 808 | 359 | 373 | 251 | 100 | 49 | 43 | 28 |
| PROPYLENE OXIDE | 111,609 | 300,008 | 449,037 | 389,070 | 410,360 | 400,719 | 396,191 | 368,260 | 255,702 | 213,681 |
| PROPYZAMIDE | 73,811 | 51,384 | 49,678 | 47,404 | 42,022 | 42,662 | 41,902 | 93,849 | 107,248 | 114,447 |
| PYMETROZINE | 2,905 | 3,820 | 2,835 | 3,195 | 3,713 | 4,123 | 2,992 | 4,243 | 3,453 | 4,727 |
| RESMETHRIN | 211 | 206 | 122 | 46 | 19 | 188 | 4 | 146 | 67 | 54 |
| S,S,S-TRIBUTYL PHOSPHOROTRITHIOATE | 8,161 | 18,427 | 30,328 | 21,820 | 19,077 | 11,683 | 6,472 | 6,882 | 8,151 | 8,911 |
| SEDAXANE | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | <1 | <1 | None |
| SODIUM DICHROMATE | None | None | None | None | None | 2 | None | None | None | None |
| SPIRODICLOFEN | 45,521 | 31,085 | 22,729 | 28,358 | 52,050 | 49,054 | 34,540 | 42,285 | 47,321 | 52,286 |
| TERRAZOLE | 1,140 | 1,500 | 638 | 503 | 393 | 473 | 452 | 400 | 304 | 166 |
| TETRACHLOROETHYLENE | 94 | 90 | 68 | 176 | 153 | 221 | 101 | 112 | 81 | 29 |
| TETRACHLORVINPHOS | 1,306 | 1,086 | 912 | 665 | 2,660 | 629 | 173 | 66 | 55 | 109 |
| THIODICARB | 511 | 152 | 472 | 145 | 156 | None | None | None | <1 | None |
| TOXAPHENE | 42 | 16 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 8 |
| TRICHLORO ETHYLENE | None | None | <1 | None | <1 | None | None | None | 10 | <1 |
| VINCLOZOLIN | 476 | 217 | 328 | 467 | 151 | 219 | 149 | 125 | 81 | 39 |
| TOTAL | 31,950,664 | 39,448,277 | 44,294,361 | 44,871,135 | 43,103,520 | 41,944,486 | 46,452,332 | 44,009,100 | 41,769,155 | 41,577,418 |