Active Ingredient: Hydrogen Cyanamide
Human Health Risk Assessment and Mitigation
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Overview
- Name: Hydrogen Cyanamide
- DPR Chemical Code: 2238
- Chemical Class: Cyanide compound
- Pesticide Types Registered: Growth regulator
- Fumigant: No
- California Restricted Material: No
- Toxic Air Contaminant (TAC): No
- Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Regulations: No
- Potential Groundwater Contaminant: No
- Reevaluation: Not applicable
Risk Characterization Documents (RCDs) estimate the nature and likelihood of adverse health effects in humans who may be exposed to pesticides.
- December 1993 – Risk Characterization Document (PDF)
- November 1993 – OEHHA Comments on Risk Characterization Document (PDF)
Other Documents
- May 1999 – Dermal Absorption of Molinate, Napropamide, Permethrin, Dichlorvos, and Hydrogen Cyanamide in Rats (PDF)
Enforcement Letters
- September 2003 – ENF 2003-034 – Classification of Certain Nitrogen-Based Fertilizer Compounds use Post-Dormant for Influencing Bud Break as Non-Pesticides
- January 2001 – ENF 2001-004 – Application of Nitrogen-Based Material to Dormant Plants for Plant Growth Regulating Effects
- August 2000 – ENF 2000-029 – Hydrogen Cyanamide- Application to Plants for Plant Growth Regulating Effects
- Pesticide Product Database
- Human Health Assessment Branch Memos
- Human Health Assessment Branch Publications, Posters/Abstracts and Presentations
- Worker Health and Safety Reports and Memos
- Environmental Monitoring Branch Publications
- Air Monitoring Network
- Pesticide Use Reporting (PUR)
- California Pesticide Illness Query (CalPIQ)
- Environmental Justice (EJ)
- OEHHA Proposition 65 Information
- U.S. EPA Pesticide Chemical Search
- PubChem-Chemical Information
For content questions, contact:
Christine Herrera
Worker Health and Safety Branch
1001 I Street, P.O. Box 4015
Sacramento, CA 95812-4015
Phone: (916) 445-4261
E-mail: Christine.Herrera@cdpr.ca.gov
Ann Hanger
Pesticide Registration Branch
1001 I Street, P.O. Box 4015
Sacramento, CA 95812-4015
Phone: (916) 324-3535
E-mail:
Ann.Hanger@cdpr.ca.gov