Test Kits

PESTICIDE TEST KIT (25 vials)
(Test Kit PE)

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Code	German	English	Comments
PE1	2,4,5-T (Dioxin)	2,4,5-T (Dioxin)	Organochloride; on the EU List of 129; International Pesticide Network wishes to stop use; use being phased out; possibly carcinogenic to humans; herbicide
PE2	Aldicarb	Aldicarb (Temik)	International Pesticide Network wishes to stop use; WHO class 1a
PE3	Amitrol
PE4	Atrazin	Atrazine	organochloride; on UK Red List; possibly carcinogenic to humans; herbicide
PE5	Bromophos	Bromophos	WHO class 1b
PE6	Camphechlor	Camphechlor (toxaphene)	banned in EU; International Pesticide Network wishes to stop use
PE7	Captan	Captan	probably carcinogenic to humans
PE8	Chlormequat
PE9	Deiquat
PE10	Diazinon
PE11	Dichlorvos	Dichlorvos	on UK Red List; WHO Class 1b; possibly carcinogenic to humans; insecticide and acaricide
PE12	Dieldrin	Dieldrin	organochloride; banned in EU; WHO class 1b; insecticide
PE13	DNOC	DNOC	WHO class 1b
PE14	Endosulfan	Endosulfan	on UK Red List; insecticide and acaricide
PE15	Heptachlor	Heptachlor	organochloride; banned in EU
PE16	Hexachlorbenzol	Hexachlorobenzene (HCB)	organochloride; banned in EU; WHO class 1a; possibly carcinogenic to humans; fungicide
PE17	Lindan	Lindane	organochloride; possibly carcinogenic to humans; pesticide
PE18	Maneb	Maneb	probably carcinogenic to humans
PE19	MCPA
PE20	Methoxychlor	Methoxychlor	organochloride
PE21	Paraquat	Paraquat	International Pesticide Network wishes to stop use
PE22	Parathion	Parathion	organophosphate; under consideration for the UK Red List; WHO class 1a; possibly carcinogenic to humans; insecticide and acaricide
PE23	Pentachlorphenol	Pentachalorophenol (PCP)	organochloride; WHO class 1b
PE24	Pyrethrum	Pyrethrum
PE25	Thomasmehl

Organochlorides kill pests by attacking their central nervous systems. Linked to cancer, birth defects and genetic changes in animals. They are fat soluble and stored in body fat. They are far more persistent than organophosphates.
Organophosphates interfere with nerve conduction in pests. They are the most common pesticide used today. They are water soluble and break down rapidly.

The Red List: compiled by UK Department of Environment in 1989; the Government wishes to reduce input of these substances.
The EU List of 129 (Priority Candidate List): most extensively used and most hazardous of chemicals which are next in line to be included in the EU black lists or grey lists.
Carcinogenic rating taken from information supplied by The International Agency for Research on Cancer and the US Environmental Protection Agency.
WHO Class 1 Pesticides: Class 1a is extremely hazardous; Class 1b is highly hazardous.
Acaracides are the class of pesticides used against mites and ticks.

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