Cyromazine

Synonyms

2,4-Diamino-6-(cyclopropylamino)-s-triazine (8CI); 2-Cyclopropylamino-4,6-diamino-s-triazine; Armor; Azimethiphos; CGA 72662; Ciromazina [INN-Spanish]; Citation; Cyclopropylmelamine; Cypromazine; Cyromazinum [INN-Latin]; Larvadex; N-Cyclopropyl-1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-triamine; Neporex; OMS-2014; Trigard; Vetrazin; Vetrazin (pesticide); Vetrazine; [ChemIDplus]

Category

Other Insecticides

Description

Colorless or white solid; [HSDB]

Sources/Uses

Used as insecticide (acts as insect growth regulator); as veterinary ectoparasiticide; [HSDB] A selective insecticide used on vegetable crops; {WHO JMPR: Cyromazine]

Comments

TLV Basis: bodyweight effects; hematological effects; [ACGIH] No occupational adverse effects reported; Melamine, a metabolite, causes urinary bladder calculi (NOAEL = 150 mg/kg/day) and bladder cancer (NOAEL = 225 mg/kg/day); "These bladder tumours are thus an effect that occurs at high doses, having a threshold that is well above the expected human exposure through residues." [WHO JMPR: Cyromazine]

Biomedical References

No

2 mg/m3, inhalable particulate matter

3.36E-09 mm Hg

LC50 (rat) > 3,600 mg/m3/4H

Not Classifiable

Processes

Industrial Processes with risk of exposure:

• Farming (Pesticides)