Propoxur

Synonyms

Baygon; 2-(1-Methylethoxy)phenol methylcarbamate; 2-Isopropoxyphenyl N-methylcarbamate; 2-Isopropoxyphenyl methylcarbamate; 2-Isopropoxyphenyl-N-methylcarbamat [German]; 58 12 315; Aprocarb; BAY 39007; BAY 5122; Bay 9010; Bayer 39007; Bayer B 5122; Baygon; Bifex; Blattanex; Blattosep; Bolfo; Boruho; Boruho 50; Brygou; Chemagro 9010; Dalf dust; IPMC; Invisi-Gard; Isocarb; Mrowkozol; O-(2-Isopropoxyphenyl) N-methylcarbamate; OMS-33; PHC (carbamate); PHC 7; Phenol, o-isopropoxy-, methylcarbamate; Propoksuru [Polish]; Propotox; Propoxure; Propoxylor; Propyon; Rhoden; Sendran; Suncide; Tendex; Tugon fliegenkugel; Unden (pesticide); Unden 50PM; o-IMPC; o-Isopropoxyphenyl N-methylcarbamate; [ChemIDplus]

Category

Carbamate Insecticides

Description

White to tan, crystalline powder with a faint, characteristic odor. [insecticide]; [NIOSH]

Sources/Uses

Used to control ants, cockroaches, crickets, flies, mosquitoes, and crop insects; [EXTOXNET]

Comments

Classified as "highly toxic" with an LD50 of approximately 100 mg/kg in rats and mice, propoxur has a field half-life of 14 to 50 days. [EXTOXNET] "The animal and human studies demonstrated consistent NOAELs in the range of 3 mg/m3 to 18.7 mg/m3, thus a TLV-TWA of 0.5 mg/m3 is recommended to be sufficiently protective." [ACGIH] See "CARBAMATE INSECTICIDES."

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Biomedical References

Acetylcholinesterase activity in red blood cells = 70% of individual's baseline; Butylcholinesterase activity in serum or plasma = 60% of individual's baseline; Sample at end of shift; [TLVs and BEIs]

Insufficient data

0.5 mg/m3, inhalable fraction and vapor

2 mg/m3, inhalable fraction

7E-06 mm Hg

LC50 (rat) = 1,440 mg/m3/1h

Explanatory Notes

VP from HSDB;

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Confirmed Animal

Other Poison

Carbamate

Diseases

Occupational diseases associated with exposure to this agent:

• Organophosphates & carbamates, acute poisoning

Processes

Industrial Processes with risk of exposure:

• Farming (Pesticides)