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Phosphamidon is an organophosphate insecticide that was marketed under the trade name of "Dimecron " until its producer voluntarily canceled production in 1990 (PMEP). It was mostly used to combat mostly insects - aphids, stemborers, lygusbugs, leafhoppers, leaf miners, spruce budworm, beetles, thrips, codling moth, grasshoppers, mites, scale, bollworms, Mexican bean beetles, white flies, and others - on numerous plants including citrus and cotton crops, rice, and nuts (PMEP and INCHEM). It was mainly a systemic insecticide, but it also has slight contact insecticidal properties (PMEP).

Contents

1. Chemical Description
2. Health Effects
3. Environmental Effects
4. Regulation
5. External Links
6. References
   

Chemical Description

Phosphamidon is a colorless to yellow oily liquid at room temperature that decomposes upon heating and produces toxic fumes (ILO). It is miscible with water and soluble in aromatic hydrocarbons and insoluble in non-polar aliphatic hydrocarbons (INCHEM).

Health Effects

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It is a toxic organophosphate insecticide, it is acutely toxic but it's chronic toxicity is unknown. It is listed as a possible carcinogen by the EPA, but its developmental toxicity is unknown (PAN).

Environmental Effects

Phosphamidon is moderately toxic to fish and highly toxic to birds and honeybees (PMEP).

Regulation

Production was voluntarily canceled by its manufacturer in 1990 (PMEP).

External Links

References

International Labor Organization (ILO). "Phosphamidon". October, 2005. Accessed 9-25-07.

Pesticide Management Education Program. "Phosphamidon (Dimecron) Chemical Profile 8/90". Accessed 9-25-07.

World Health Organization's International Program on Chemical Safety. "Data Sheet on Pesticides No.74 - Phosphamidon". Accessed 9-25-07.

Pesticide Action Network. "Pesticides Database - Phosphamidon". 2007. Accessed 9-25-07.