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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

Main article: Cholinesterase Inhibitor
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.