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Azinphos-methyl and methamidophos banned in Argentina
Mar. 20, 2017
The Argentine National Health and Agricultural Food Quality Service (Senasa), through Resolution No. 149 of the year 2016 banned the manufacture, import and formulation of the active substances azinphos-methyl and methamidophos and their formulated products from July 1, 2016.
The commercialization and use of the active substances azinphos-methyl and methamidophos and its formulated products were prohibited from March 31, 2017.
Azinphos-methyl is an insecticide that was used in the Rio Negro Valley to control worms, moths, weevils, bedbugs, thrips and fruit fly on fruit plantations. Methamidophos is an organophosphate insecticide used to control isocas (Diloboderus abderus) and bedbugs in soybean, aphids in fruit trees, whitefly in beans, and thrips in citrus, among other possible uses.
In Senasa, it has records of four formulations of azinphos-methyl made by three companies, while in the case of methamidophos, there are 21 approved products corresponding to 19 companies.
The reason for the ban is that they are highly toxic to humans. They are also considered high risk for those who apply them, beneficial insects and extreme toxicity to birds.
There is a wide range of authorized products which are equally effective, while whose handling and use result in lower risks to human health and the environment.
Technicians from Instituto de Calidad y Sanidad de Mendoza (ISCAMEN) explained that the trend is to remove old products that are more dangerous because they produce an imbalance in the agricultural ecosystem.
Source: AgroNews
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