Chemical name: O,O-Dimethyl O-4-nitrophenyl phosphorothioate

Final regulatory action has been taken for the category: Pesticide

Final regulatory action: The chemical is Banned

Use or uses prohibited by the final regulatory action:

All uses

Pesticide use or uses that remain allowed:

None

The final regulatory action was based on a risk or hazard evaluation: Yes

Summary of the final regulatory action:

It is prohibited to import, manufacture, formulate, commercialise and use the product.

The reasons for the final regulatory action were relevant to: Human health and environment

Summary of known hazards and risks to human health:

This product is residuary persistant and thus risky and hazardous for the human. The product stores in the human body organs, and as the workers or manipulators of agrichemicals do not have the required protection, they run the risk of suffering long term irreversible pathologies, being the chronic effect of the product.

Expected effect of the final regulatory action in relation to human health:

It is expected risk reduction for the human health.

Summary of known hazards and risks to the environment:

Methil paratión is extremely toxic for fish and aquatic invertebrates. It is bioaccumulative.

Expected effect of the final regulatory action in relation to the environment:

It is expected risk reduction for the human health and for the environment.

Date of entry into force of the final regulatory action: 04/06/1991