Report of the sub-committee on the environment and health.

Table 5.3
Pesticides subject to special distance requirements. The distance requirement is generally 2 m to watercourses and lakes. The table shows the pesticide, its active ingredients, the type (F = fungicide; H =herbicide; I = insecticide; P = growth regulator). Also shown is the lowest concentration for individual substances that cause 50% mortality or inhibition of activity in laboratory tests with aquatic organisms (fish, crustaceans and algae) (m g/L = microgramme per litre)

Pesticide Active ingredients Type Distance requirement Acute effect
10 m 20 m m g/L
Daconil 500 F chlorothalonil B x   44
Corbel fenpropimorph B   x 290
Folicur EW 250 tebuconazole B x   6400
Rival fenpropimorph and prochloraz B   x 73
Sportak EW prochloraz B x   73
Tilt 250 EC propiconazole B   x 680
Tilt Megaturbo fenpropimorph and propiconazole B   x 73
Tattoo propamocarb and mancozeb B x   1500
Tilt top fenpropimorph and propiconazole B   x 73
Vondac DG maneb B x   220
Dimethoate/Perfekthion dimethoate I x   30000
Cyperb/CympaTi Ekstra cypermethrin I   x 0,9
Malathion/Maladan malathion I x   2,2
Mavrik 2F tau-fluvalinate I   x 0,018
Karate lambda-cyhalothrin I x   0,21
Pirimor/Pirimicarb pirimicarb I x   19
Cycocel Extra chlormequat-chloride P x   7400
Cycocel 750/CCC 750/ chlormequat-chloride P x   7400
Stabilan Extra/Tricorta 750 chlormequat-chloride P x   7400
Terpal mepiquat-chloride and ethephon P x   68500
Agil/Propaquisafob propaquizafob H x   190
Ally metsulfuron-methyl H   x 2900
Ariane Super MCPA, fluroxypyr and clopyralid H x   10000
Oxitril ioxynil (octane-acid ester) and bromoxynil (octane-acid ester) H   x 60
Avenge 150 difenzoquat-methyl-sulphate H x   290
Briotril bromoxynil and ioxynil (like octane-acid ester) H   x 60
Barnon Plus flamprop-M-isopropyl H x   2400
Totril ioxynil (octane-acid ester) H   x 3900
Basagran 480 bentazone H x   47000
Basagran M 75 bentazone and MCPA H x   10000
Betanal SC/Herbasan phenmedipham H x   130
Betanal Optima/ ethofumesate, phenmedipham and desmedipham H x   130
Betaron/Spar 2 phenmedipham and ethofumesate H x   130
Boxer prosulfocarb H x   90
Ethosan ethofumesate H x   15000
Ethuron ethofumesate H x   15000
Ethofumesat/Nortron SC ethofumesate H x   15000
Gallant/Haloxyfob haloxyfob-ethoxy-ethyl H x   284
Gardoprim terbuthylazine H x   20
Folar terbuthylazine and glyphosate H x   20
Karmex/Diuron diuron H x   42
Laddok TE bentazone and terbuthylazine H x   20
Logran 20 WG triasulfuron H x   770
Primera fenoxaprop-P-ethyl H x   460
Puma Super fenoxaprop-P-ethyl H x   460
Safari trisulfuron-methyl H x   500
Sencor metribuzin H x   7,8
Simazine/Gesatop 500 FW simazine H x   290
Stomp SC pendimethalin H x   33
Toloran terbuthylazine and isoxaben H x   20
Treflan/Trifluralin trifluralin H x   >12