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The list of pesticides banned or restricted in China
May. 15, 2014
Chinese government has been actively taking measures to confine the use of high risk pesticides. It has published a series of restriction policies to protect human health and environmental safety by restricting the sell and use of certain products that are highly toxic or with carcinogenic and teratogenic properties, or have potential to contaminate daily diet through leaving excessive residues on food.
The tables below show the complete list of pesticides banned or restricted by Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and other ministries and commissions.
Table 1 pesticides banned by Chinese government
| No. | Banned pesticide | Due to | Number of the announcement from MOA(and others)/Date |
| 1-4 | *HCH, *DDT, *aldrin, *dieldrin | persistent organic pollutant | No.199/ Jun 5, 2002 |
| 5 | *toxaphene（camphechlor） | persistent organic pollutant; environmental hormone substances; carcinogenesis ; teratogenesis | |
| 6 | nitrofen |
carcinogenesis; teratogenesis |
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| 7 | dibromochloropane | reproduction toxicity | |
| 8-9 | *EDB,*chlordimeform | Carcinogenesis; teratogenesis |
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| 10-12 | *mercurycompounds,arsena,acetate | high toxicity; accumulation of heavy metals; human and environmental impact |
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| 13 | Bis-ADTA | teratogenesis | |
| 14-18 | *fluoroacetamide,tetramine, sodiumfluoroacetate, gliftor, silatrane |
very high toxicity | |
| 19-23 | *methamidophos, *parathion, *parathion-methyl, *monocrotophos, *phosphamidon |
high toxicity | 2008 No. 1 from 5 ministries and commissions /Jan 8, 2008 |
| 24-33 | fenamiphos,fonofos,phosfolan-methyl,lcium phosphide,megnesium phosphide,zinc phosphide,cadusafos,coumaphos, sulfotep,terbufos |
high toxicity | No. 1586/Jun 15, 2011 |
| 34-36 | chlorsulfuron（technical, single agent and mixture, tribenuron-methly and metsulfuron-methyl single agent |
long residual effect; phytotoxicity to follow-up crops | No. 2032 /Dec 9, 2013 |
| canceled the technical and mixture registration of ethametsulfuron and metsulfuron Jul 1, 2015 |
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| banned the sell and use of chlorsulfuron,ethametsulfuron and metsulfuron with single agent from Dec 31, 2015 |
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| banned the sell and use of mixture with ethametsulfuron and metsulfuron from Jul 1, 2017 |
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| 37-38 | canceled the registration of asomate and urbacide |
the production and use of organic arsine poses high risk to human, animals and the environment, | No. 2032/Dec 9, 2013 |
| banned the sell and use of asomate and urbacide from Dec 31, 2015 |
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| － | stopped the repcaking registration of high/very high toxic product |
high / very high toxicity | No. 194/Apr 22, 2002 |
| － | stopped the repcaking registration of rodenticide |
high / very high toxicity | No. 274/Apr 30, 2003 |
| *pesticide already in the Rotterdam Convention | |||
Table 2 pesticide restricted by Chinese government
| No. | Restricted pesticide | Restricted range | Due to | Number of the announcement from MOA(and others)/Date |
| 1-8 | phorate, isofenphos methyl, demeton, carbofuran, aldicarb, ethoprophos, phosfolan, isazofos |
no use on vegetables, fruit trees, tea, herbal medicine | high toxicity | No. 199 /Jun 5, 2002 |
| 9-10 | dicofol, fenvalerate | no use on tea tree | impurities of organochlorine、 excessive residues | |
| 11 | omethoate | no use oncabbage and citrus trees | high toxicity | No. 194/ No. 1586/Apr 22, 2002/Jun 15, 2011 |
| 12 | daminozide | no use on peanuts | carcinogenesis | No. 274/Apr 30, 2003 |
| 13 | fipronil | except for use on hygienic and dry crop seeds coatings | high risk to aquatic organisms and bees, degraded slowly in soil | No. 1157 from 3ministries and commissions/Feb 25, 2009 |
| 14-17 | isocarbophos | no use on citrus trees | high toxicity | No. 1586 /Jun 15, 2011 |
| methomyl | no use on citrus, apple, tea trees and brassicaceous vegetable | high toxicity | ||
| endosulfan | no use on apple and tea trees | high toxicity / persistent organic pollutant | ||
| methyl bromide | no use on strawberries and cucumbers | high toxicity /damage theozone sphere | ||
| 18 | paraqut technical and liquid formulation | Stopped the new product registration | high toxicity | No. 1745 from 3ministries and commissions/Apr 24, 2012 |
| paraqut | cancel the liquid formulation registration, retain those export from technical companies from Jul 2, 2014 | |||
| paraqut | stop the sell and use of liquid formulation from Jul 1, 2016 | |||
| 19-20 | chlorpyrifos triazophos | stopped the new registration on vegetables | excessive residues, poses risk to diet | No.2032 /Dec 9, 2013 |
| cancel the registration on vegetebles from Dec 31, 2014 | ||||
| ban the use on vegetables from Dec 31, 2016 |
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