Note: Products lower in the table are more hazardous. Differences between close-ranking products may not be significant.

What do the hazard ratings mean? See Healthy Gardening, Healthy You

 Lowest Hazard Disease Controls

Product Name

Active Ingredient(s)

Safety Score

Short Term Health Hazard

Long Term Health Hazard

Hazard to Aquatic Life

Hazard to Birds, Bees, or Pets

Half-Life in Soil

Water Pollution Hazard

Target Pests

Lilly Miller® Multi-Purpose Fungicide RTU

sulfur

 3.00

3

?

3

3

N/A

3

 

Monterey E-rase™ RTU Powdery Mildew Control

jojoba oil

 3.00

3

?

3

3

3

3

 

Serenade® Garden Lawn Disease Control

Bacillus subtilis, strain QST 713

 3.00

3

?

3

3

3

3

 

GreenCure® Fungicide

potassium bicarbonate

 3.00

3

?

3

3

N/A

?

 

Hi-Yield® Dusting Wettable Sulfur

sulfur

 3.00

3

?

3

3

N/A

3


Monterey E-rase™ Concentrate Powdery Mildew Control

jojoba oil

 3.00

3

?

3

3

3

3


Moderate Hazard Disease Controls

Product Name

Active Ingredient(s)

Safety Score

Short Term Health Hazard

Long Term Health Hazard

Hazard to Aquatic Life

Hazard to Birds, Bees, or Pets

Half-Life in Soil

Water Pollution Hazard

Target Pests

Espoma® Earth-tone® 3 in 1 Disease Control RTU

sulfur, pyrethrins

 2.83

3

2

3

3

3

3

 

Lilly Miller® Worry Free® 3 in 1 Garden Spray

sulfur, pyrethrins

 2.83

3

2

3

3

3

3

 

Espoma® Earth-tone® 3 in 1 Disease Control Concentrate

sulfur, pyrethrins

 2.83

3

2

3

3

3

3

 

Garden Safe® Brand Fungicide 3® RTU

neem oil

 2.80

3

?

3

2

3

3

 

Green Light® Rose Defense™ RTU

neem oil (clarified hydrophobic extract of)

 2.80

3

?

3

2

3

3

 

Safer® 3 in 1 Garden Spray 2 RTU

potassium salts of fatty acids, sulfur

 2.75

3

?

2

3

N/A

3

 

Concern® Copper Soap Fungicide

copper octoanoate

 2.60

3

2

2

3

N/A

3

 

Lilly Miller® Cueva™ Copper Soap Fungicide

copper octoanoate

 2.60

3

2

2

3

N/A

3

 

E.B. Stone™ Copper Soap Concentrate

copper octoanoate

 2.60

3

2

2

3

N/A

3

 

Garden Safe® Brand Fungicide 3® Concentrate

neem oil

 2.60

3

?

2

2

3

3

 

Green Light® Rose Defense™ Concentrate

neem oil (clarified hydrophobic extract of)

 2.60

3

?

2

2

3

3

 

Hi-Yield® Bordeaux Mix Fungicide

copper expressed as metallic copper

 2.60

3

2

2

3

N/A

3

 

Lilly Miller® Kop-R-Spray™ Concentrate

copper, metallic

 2.60

3

2

2

3

N/A

3

 

Bayer Advanced™ Fungus Control for Lawns

triadimefon

 2.67

3

1

3

3

3

3

 

Ferti-lome® Halt™ Systemic Rose, Flower, Lawn, Ornamental Fungicide

thiophanate methyl

 2.50

3

1

2

3

3

3

 

Bonide® Garden Dust

copper sulfate, rotenone, other cube resins

 2.50

3

2

1

3

3

3

 

Green Light® Rose Defense™ II RTU

neem oil, pyrethrins, piperonyl butoxide

 2.50

3

2

3

2

2

3

 

Lilly Miller® Microcop® / Sta-Stuk "M"™

copper sulfate

 2.40

2

2

2

3

N/A

3

 

Highest Hazard Disease Controls

Product Name

Active Ingredient(s)

Safety Score

Short Term Health Hazard

Long Term Health Hazard

Hazard to Aquatic Life

Hazard to Birds, Bees, or Pets

Half-Life in Soil

Water Pollution Hazard

Target Pests

Bonide® Fung-onil™ Multipurpose Fungicide RTU

chlorothalonil

 2.33

3

1

2

3

2

3

 

Garden Tech™ Daconil® Fungicide

chlorothalonil

 2.33

3

1

2

3

2

3

 

Ferti-lome® F-Stop™

myclobutanil

 2.33

3

1

2

3

2

2

 

Spectracide® Immunox® Lawn Disease Control

myclobutanil

 2.33

3

1

2

3

2

2

 

Bayer Advanced™ Disease Control for Roses, Flowers, Shrubs

tebuconazole

 2.17

3

2

2

3

1

2

 

Spectracide® Immunox® Plus Insect & Disease Control

myclobutanil, permethrin

 2.17

3

1

2

3

2

2

 

Ortho® Rose Pride® Rose & Shrub Disease Control Concentrate

triforine

 2.17

1

1

3

3

3

2

 

Green Light® Fung-Away® Systemic Lawn Fungicide

myclobutanil

 2.17

3

1

2

3

2

2

 

Garden Tech™ Daconil® Fungicide Concentrate

chlorothalonil

 2.17

2

1

2

3

2

3

 

Bonide® Infuse Systemic Disease Control

propiconazole

 2.00

2

1

2

3

2

2

 

Ferti-lome® Liquid Systemic Disease Control

propiconazole

 2.00

2

1

2

3

2

2

 

Ortho® Lawn Disease Control

propiconazole

 2.00

2

1

2

3

2

2

 

Monterey Fruit Tree & Vegetable Ornamental Fungicide

chlorothalonil

 2.00

2

1

2

2

2

3

 

Ortho® MAX™ Garden Disease Control

chlorothalonil

 2.00

2

1

2

2

2

3

 

Ortho® Orthonex® Insect & Disease Control Aerosol

acephate, triforine, resmethrin

 1.83

2

1

1

3

2

2

 

Bayer Advanced™ Dual Protection Azalea, Camellia & Rhododendron Insect & Disease Control

tebuconazole, imidacloprid

 1.83

3

2

1

3

1

1

 

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