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Inventory of biocides used in Denmark

5. Main group 3: Pest control

Products intended to protect plants or plant products against harmful organisms or prevent the action of such organisms, including repellents used to prevent roe-deer from eating shoots of fruit trees, are regulated by the Plant Protection Directive and not the Biocide Directive and are therefore not included in this report.

5.1 Product-type 14: Rodenticides

The product-type includes products used in the combat of mice, rats and other rodents. The product-type includes the active agent aluminium phosphide, which is used to control both water voles and moles. As moles are not rodents, aluminium phosphide is also included in product-type 23: ‘Control of other vertebrates’.

The consumption of rodenticides is registered in the Danish Pesticide Statistics (Danish EPA, 1999 A).

All information on application and handling procedures are from the product labels supplied by the firms in connection with application for registration in Denmark to the Danish EPA.

Products used for the control of mice, rats, and other rodents are used either as an eating poison or as a gas. When used as an eating poison the biocides are applied to corn or placed in a block or distributed as powder in areas where the vermins move.

Producers and dealers of rodenticides are not organised in any special trade organisation other than Dansk Planteværn.

Main producers of rodenticides in Denmark are A/S Mortalin, Kiltin and Tanaco Danmark A/S.

Main importers of rodenticides are Bell Laboratory Inc., Cyanamid Denmark, Inter-Trade A/S, Jydsk Rengøring, Kiltin, Kirk Chemicals, A/S Mortalin, Pharmacia og Upjohn Animal Health, A/S Rentokil, Tanaco Damark A/S, Trinol A/S, Zeneca Agro A/S, Arnold Zuschlag A/S.

The consumption of active agents in biocides used for control of rodents is shown in Table 5.1. The figures are from the yearly Danish Pesticide Statistics (Danish EPA, 1999 A).

The demarcation between the Biocide Directive and the Plant Protection Directive is still not ultimately lined up. At present (October 2000), rodenticides used in the field, in the forest and in greenhouses are expected to be included under the Plant Protection Directive, whereas rodenticides for other applications will be under the Biocide Directive. Table 5.1 includes rodenticides for all applications.

Table 5.1 Se her!
Consumption of approved biocides for rodenticides in Denmark 1998 ¹⁾

5.2 Product-type 15: Avicides

The product-type includes products used for the control of birds in food storages, churches, bakeries etc., where they can be of nuisance or vectors of diseases.

Formerly alpha-chloralose was used in stupefying of birds, but usage is no longer permitted.

No use of avicides in Denmark has been identified.

5.3 Product-type 16: Molluscicides

The product-type includes products used for the control of molluscs, other than for plant protection purposes (agriculture, horticulture).

No molluscicides (active ingredient or product) were registered according to the Danish survey of approved pesticides 1999 (Danish EPA 1999 B).

Biocides used for liquid cooling and processing systems (Section 4.6) may also prevent molluscs in the systems. Agents for prevention of mollusc fouling on the surface of vessels and equipment for aquaculture are included in Section 6.2: ‘Antifouling products’.

5.4 Product-type 17: Piscicides

Products used for the control of fish. The group does not include products for the treatment of fish diseases.

Until now, piscicides have not been covered by the Danish pesticide regulation, and the consumption is consequently not registered by the Danish EPA. It has not been possible to identify any use of piscicides in Denmark.

5.5 Product-type 18: Insecticides, acaricides and products to control other arthropods

Insecticides, acaricides and products to control other arthropods are used in the combating of arthropods (e.g. insects, arachnids and crustaceans). The product-type includes products used against vermin on cats and dogs.

The consumption of insecticides, acaricides and products to control other arthropods is registered in the Danish Pesticide Statistics (Danish EPA, 1999 A).

All information on application and handling procedures is from the product labels (Biocide office, Danish EPA).

Insecticides, acaricides and products to control other arthropods are used in the combating of arthropods at places where they are unwanted by humans, e.g. flies in stables, ants in houses and cockroaches in kitchens.

The product-type includes both products used to kill the target organism and products that in some way obstruct the normal development of the target organism. The product-type includes seven different application and usage methods:

	Sprays, aerosols and fogs
	Gasses
	Flypaper or flyplates
	Paints/smearing products
	Decoy boxes
	Powders
	Others

Most of the products are used by both professionals and non-professionals.

Products used for plant protection are not covered by the Biocide Directive (see further section 5.5.1.2).

5.5.1.1 Actors on the market

Producers and dealers of insecticides, acaricides and products to control other arthropods are not organised in any special trade organisation other than Dansk Planteværn.

Main Danish producers of insecticides, acaricides and products to control other arthropods are Bayer A/S, Kvik, Bifo-Pet, Superfoss kemi, Tanaco Danmark A/S and Borup Kemi A/S. Some of the company produce for others, which hold the registration of the final biocide products.

Main importers of insecticides, acaricides and products to control other arthropods are Aeropak A/S, Agrodan, AgrEvo, Allflex Danmark Aps, BASF A/S, Bayer A/S, Claren Kemi, Combiservice, Cyanamid Danmark, Dow Agro Science Danmark A/S, F.S. Import, Inter-trade A/S, IM-TEK, KemiAgro, KVK Agro A/S, LFS-kemi, Lopex, A/S Mortalin, NEDAB ApS, Novartis A/S, A/S Rentokil, Tanaco Danmark A/S, TCI, Trinol A/S,

5.5.1.2 Biocides used in Denmark for the application area

The 1998 consumption of active agents in biocides used to combat insects, acaricides and other arthropods is shown in Table 5.1. The figures are from the yearly Danish Pesticide Statistics (Danish EPA, 1999 A).

A number of active substances and/or specific products registered in Denmark under this product group appeasr not to be biocidal substances and/or products in the EU Directive sense of the term but rather plant protection products (treatment of plant products) or veterinary medicinal products (e.g. shampoos and flea collars for cats and dogs). The consumption of active substances in such products has been subtracted from the total consumption of the active substances in question (e.g. propoxur and rotenon).

A number of other substances and/or products is approved in Denmark for several uses, both as biocides, plant protection products and/or veterinary medicinal products. For still other products, the borderline of the application area between the Biocide Directive and other EU directives is currently under consideration. In these cases, the whole consumption of the involved active substances and/or products is still included in Table 5.1.

The different fields of application for approved biocides for the non-plant protection control of insecticides, acaricides and products to control other arthropods are listed in Table 5.2.

Table 5.2 Se her!
Consumption of approved biocides for the non-plant protection control of insecticides, acaricides and products to control other arthropods in Denmark 1998 ¹⁾

Table 5.3 Se her!
Field of application and product-type for approved biocides for the non-plant protection control of insecticides, acaricides and products to control other arthropods

5.6 Product-type 19: Repellents and attractants

Repellents and attractants are products used to control harmful organisms (invertebrates such as fleas, vertebrates such as birds) by repelling or attracting, including those that are used for human or veterinary hygiene either directly or indirectly.

The product-type can be organised into two sub-types:

	Repellents for control of mosquitoes, fleas and other insects
	Repellents and attractants for control of game and birds

The consumption of repellents is registered in the Danish Pesticide Statistics, and repellants have to be approved by the Danish EPA (Danish EPA 1999 A). Attractants do not have to be approved, and the consumption is not registered.

All information on application and handling procedures are from the product labels (Biocide Office, Danish EPA).

5.6.1 Repellents and attractants for control of mosquitoes, fleas and other arthropods

Products in this group are biocidal products used to repel or attract mosquitoes, fleas and other arthropods. As examples of repellents for control of insects are products used in preventing mites from living in textiles.

Products used against mosquitoes, fleas and other insects are used either directly on humans or animals, as smoking products or in impregnated plates.

When used directly on humans or animals, the products are either sprayed or sponged to the skin.

Producers and dealers of repellents and attractants are not organised in any special trade organisation other than Dansk Planteværn.

There are no Danish producers of repellents and attractants for control of mosquitoes, fleas and other insects.

Main importers of repellents for control of mosquitoes, fleas and other insects are: Agrolab A/S, Bayer A/S, Biona A/S, Fort Dodge Animal Health, Bjørn Hansen, Heiger and Co. A/S, Mallinkr., Medic Team Pps, Mycodan, Pharmacia og Upjohn Animal Health and Schering-Plough A/S.

The 1998 consumption of active agents in biocides used to repel is shown in Table 5.1. The figures are from the yearly Danish Pesticide Statistics (Danish EPA, 1999 A). It has not been possible to identify any attractants with a biocidal effect.

Table 5.4 Se her!
Consumption of approved repellants for control of mosquitoes, fleas and other insects in Denmark 1998 ¹⁾

It should be noted that only one product is in the category ‘other insects’. The product is used in preventing house dust mites from living in textiles and is, at present, the only product against mites in textiles sold on the Danish market. The product contains three substances (permethrin, 2-octyl-3-isothiazolon and 1,2-benzisothiazol-3(3H)-on) of which 2-octyl-3-isothiazolon is toxic and not registrered/approved for use in this product-type.

5.6.2 Repellents and attractants for control of game and birds

Repellents and attractant for control of game, especially roe-deer, are used in order to prevent them from eating new shoots on fruit trees, leaf-bearing trees and coniferous trees. The usage is included in this report as the products are used in the production of leaf-bearing and coniferous trees although use of repellents and attractants in fruit plantations is regulated according to the plant protection directive (91/414/EEC).

Biocides in repellents and attractants for control of birds are mainly used to prevent game and birds from staying at places were there are unwanted, e.g. pigeons at window sills.

There are no Danish producers and no special trade organisation for the producers and dealers of repellents and attractants in Denmark.

Main importers of repellents for game and birds are Insekta, Trinol A/S, Tanaco Danmark A/S, A/S Rentokil and Åffa Produkter A/S.

5.6.2.2 Biocides used in Denmark for the application area

The consumption of approved repellents for control of game and birds in Denmark is presented in Table 5.5. The figures are derived from the Danish Pesticide Statistic 1998 from the Danish EPA.

Attractants do not have to be approved, and consequently the consumption of attractants does not appear from the statistics. It has not been possible to identify any use of attractants with a biocidal effect.

Table 5.5
Consumption of approved repellents for game and birds in Denmark 1998 ¹⁾

1) Consumption according to the Danish Pesticide Statistics 1998 (Danish EPA 1999 A).

2) According to the Danish survey of approved pesticides 1999 (Danish EPA 1999 B). Includes only the number of products for this application.

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