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Information on specific pesticide products can be found using the PAN Pesticide Database Product search. Visit the site. This page provides definitions of terms and concepts used at the site.
The U.S. EPA Pesticide Product Information System is a collection of approximately 20 related files and includes information for over 100,000 pesticide products and several thousand active ingredients. These data are available on the web in two locations: raw data are available at reference 1; and an online searchable source is available at reference 2. Although the data are updated fairly regularly, this is a relatively static data source. New information is added when new products are registered for use in the U.S., and minor corrections are occasionally entered. PAN last downloaded this information from U.S. EPA on March 15, 2005. References:
Product and Distributor Labels Often a company will register a single product but sell the same product under many different brand names. Searching for the "parent" product only will speed up the search and give a shorter list of results, but will not return all the related products in the search results list. However, on the Product Information page, the "Distributor Name" list provides a complete list of the product names under which this "parent" product is distributed. U.S. EPA Products Containing This Chemical U.S. EPA products containing this chemical comprises a list of formulated pesticide products registered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) that contain the selected pesticide active ingredient. NOTE: Often a company will register a single product and then sell the same product under many different brand names. The complete list of related products is shown in the "Distributor Name" list on the Product Information page. MSDS and Product Label Information A picture of the actual product label is available for many pesticide products, as well as the Materials Safety Data Sheet (MSDS). These two documents are quite valuable and provide information on the actual product, instead of just the active ingredients.
Several links to sources of this information are provided.The U.S. EPA product label database is the most complete for pesticide labels, but not as user-friendly as the other sites. For MSDS information, the Vermont SIRI database is very good, but may not contain information for all products. It is often necessary to search all available sites for MSDS information, and even then, it may not be possible to find it for every product. U.S. EPA Product Label Database--Labels Only The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) now publishes an online Pesticide Product Label System (PPLS) database with photographs of pesticide product labels (in TIFF format), as well as correspondence between EPA and the registrant regarding label updates (1). The PAN database links directly to the label of the specific product you are viewing, if the label exists in the U.S. EPA database. There may be multliple files for each product and you will need to download all of them for a complete set of information. The U.S. EPA label collection is not quite complete, and picture quality for some of the older product labels is poor, but EPA plans to continue to update and improve this collection in the future. See Reference 2 for more information about limitations of the collection in terms of image quality, completeness of the database, omission of supplemental registrations, and the differences between product labels in PPLS and in the marketplace. About the data: The PAN Pesticide Database links directly to U.S. EPA's product label database which is maintained by the U.S. EPA. Because it is a new service (January 2001), we do not yet know the frequency of updates. References:
Crop Data Management System--Labels and MSDS The Crop Data Management System is an industry-sponsored website with selected pesticide labels and MSDS information for chemicals from many (but not all) pesticide manufacturers. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Press--Labels and MSDS The C&P Press website presents pesticide product information (labels, supplemental labels, and MSDSs) provided directly by pesticide manufacturers. Product Name Product name is the name of the formulated pesticide product. Examples are 'Raid™ Ant and Roach Killer' or 'Grant's Ant Stakes.' U.S. EPA Product Registration Number EPA assigns a unique product identifier to each registered product. The first set of numbers before the hyphen (up to six digits) identifies the registrant or company that registered the pesticide with U.S. EPA. The set of numbers after the first hyphen (up to five digits) identifies the product, and the last set of numbers (up to six digits), if present, indicates the distributor of the pesticide product. Product Status The product status field indicates the registration status of the product, either active or cancelled. A pesticide that is actively registered by the U.S. EPA can legally be used in the U.S., except in states where state law is stricter than federal law and prohibits the use of the pesticide. A product with a cancelled registration is no longer legally available for sale in the U.S. There are several possible reasons a product registration might be cancelled:
Formulation This field indicates the formulation of the product, i.e., how the active ingredient is prepared for use in a pesticide product. Formulation types include: technical chemical, formulation intermediate, dust, granular, pelleted/tableted, wettable powder, wettable powder/dust, crystalline, microencapsulated, impregnated materials, water dispersible granules, emulsifiable concentrate invert-emulsifiable concentrate, flowable concentrate, soluble concentrate, ready-to-use solution, oils (no added pesticide), pressurized gas,pressurized liquid, pressurized dust, and solid agar. Acute Hazard Warning Label Formulated pesticide products (which usually include inert ingredients) are required to carry an acute toxicity rating by the U.S. EPA which is reflected in the warning label on the pesticide container. The U.S. EPA gives a warning label of Category 1 to the most acutely toxic pesticide products and Category 4 to the least acutely toxic pesticide products (1). The different toxicity categories are based on the LD50, the dose (in milligrams of substance per kilogram of body weight) that kills 50% of the test animals in a standard assay. For inhalation exposures, the LC50 is used---the concentration in air in milligrams per liter that kills 50% of the test animals.
About the Data: Accuracy, currency, comprehensiveness and source Product warning codes are included in the U.S. EPA Pesticide Product Information System (reference 2). Toxicity standards are outlined in references 1 and 3. These two references (both government sources) give different LD50 values. Since reference 3 is more recent and is part of the guidelines U.S. EPA provides for registrants, we used the values in reference 3. References:
Restricted Use Pesticide The U.S. EPA (1) restricts use of some pesticide products because they are acutely toxic to humans or beneficial insects; have been shown to cause worker illnesses, groundwater contamination, bird or fish kills; or their drift damages other crops. RUPs can be used only by certified and licensed applicators, and then only under specific conditions. About the Data: Accuracy, currency, comprehensiveness and source This data is part of the Pesticide Product Information System, maintained by the U.S. EPA. Additionally, a list of Restricted Use Products is published by the U.S. EPA that also includes information on banned pesticides. This list is only marginally useful, in that it does not clearly specify whether all products containing a chemical are banned or restricted and it does not clearly define the system used to classify pesticides. However, the summary of chemicals with changes in restricted use status is helpful. New additions to this list are frequent, with approximately 5 new restricted use products are added each month. Reference:
PAN Bad Actor Product This field indicates whether a pesticide product contains PAN Bad Actor chemicals. Bad Actors are pesticides that are one of the following: known or probable carcinogens, reproductive or developmental toxicants, cholinesterase inhibitors, known groundwater contaminants or acutely toxic poisons. Because the acute toxicity of the product is dependent on the concentration of the active ingredient, the acute toxicity rating (i.e., the U.S. EPA Acute Hazard Warning Label) of the product (not the pure active ingredient) is used to determine PAN Bad Actor Product status in the Acute Toxicity category. For all other categories, the Bad Actor properties of the individual chemicals are applied to the product. The percent of the chemical in the formulated product, also called percent AI (active ingredient) is listed in this section. Some products may have more than one active ingredient. The remainder of the formulated product is composed of other or "inert" ingredients. Uses The U.S. EPA-approved uses of the product are listed in this section. Pests The pests for which the product is intended are listed in this section. Crops and Locations The crops or locations on which the product is approved for use are listed in this section. Approval Date The approval date is the date the pesticide product was first registered for use in the U.S. Cancel Date If the pesticide is no longer registered for use in the U.S., a cancellation date will appear in this field, showing when the registration for the pesticide product was cancelled. If the registration is currently active, 00/00/00 will appear in this field. New Registration Number and Transfer Date Occasionally pesticide product registrations are transferred between companies. In this case, a new registration number is assigned and the date the transfer is formalized is noted. Company The company that registered the pesticide product with the U.S. EPA for use, also known as the registrant, is listed in this section. Often one company will have the registration for the pesticide and several other companies (distributors) will market it. Agent The agent is the registrant's designated agent contact information. NOTE: The EPA product data set only contains agents for registrants of registered FIFRA section 3 pesticide products. Last updated March 16, 2006 .
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