LIST OF PESTICIDES NOMINATED BY EPA FOR CONSIDERATION TO THE INTERNATIONAL BANNED AND SEVERELY RESTRICTED LIST


     A "Banned" pesticide is defined by the United Nations as a pesticide for which all registered uses have been prohibited by final government action, or for which all requests for registration or equivalent action for all uses have, for health or environmental reasons, not been granted.  

BANNED

1.  aldrin
2.  benzene hexachloride [BHC] (vol. cancellation)
3.  2,3,4,5-Bis(2-butylene)tetrahydro-2-furaldehyde [Repellent-11]
4.  bromoxynil butyrate (vol. cancellation)
5.  cadmium compounds (vol. cancellation)
6.  calcium arsenate (vol. cancellation)
7.  captafol (vol. cancellation)
8.  carbon tetrachloride
9.  chloranil (vol. cancellation)
10. chlordimeform (vol. cancellation)
11. chlorinated camphene [Toxaphene] (vol. cancellation)
12. chlorobenzilate (vol. cancellation)
13. chloromethoxypropylmercuric acetate [CPMA]
14. copper arsenate (vol. cancellation)
15. cyhexatin (vol. cancellation)
16. DBCP
17. decachlorooctahydro-1,3,4-metheno-2H-cyclobuta(cd) pentalen-2-      one [chlordecone]
18. DDT
19. dieldrin
20. dinoseb and salts
21. Di(phenylmercury)dodecenylsuccinate [PMDS] (vol. cancellation)
22. endrin (vol. cancellation)
23. EPN (vol. cancellation)
24. ethyl hexyleneglycol [6-12] (vol. cancellation)
25. hexachlorobenzene [HCB] (vol. cancellation)
26. lead arsenate (vol. cancellation)
27. leptophos (Never received initial registration)
28. mirex (vol. cancellation)
29. monocrotophos (vol. cancellation)
30. nitrofen (TOK) (vol. cancellation)
31. OMPA (octamethylpyrophosphoramide)
32. phenylmercuric oleate [PMO]  (vol. cancellation)
33. potassium 2,4,5-trichlorophenate [2,4,5-TCP]  
34. pyriminil [Vacor] (vol. cancellation)
35. safrole (vol. cancellation)
36. silvex  
37. sodium arsenite
38. TDE (vol. cancellation)
39. Terpene polychlorinates [Strobane] (vol. cancellation)
40. thallium sulfate
41. 2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic acid [2,4,5-T] 
42. vinyl chloride


     A "Severely Restricted" pesticide is defined by the United Nations as a pesticide for which virtually all registered uses have been prohibited by final government regulatory action, but for which certain specific registered use or uses remain authorized.


SEVERELY RESTRICTED

1.  arsenic trioxide
2.  carbofuran (vol. cancellation)
3.  chlordane
4.  daminozide (vol. cancellation)
5.  EDB
6.  heptachlor
7.  mercurous chloride  
8.  mercuric chloride  
9.  phenylmercury acetate [PMA]
10. sodium arsenate
11. tributyltin compounds


BANNED OR SEVERELY RESTRICTED INDUSTRIAL OR CONSUMER CHEMICALS

1.  1-chloro-2-bromoethane
2.  hexamethylphosphoramide
3.  urethane
4.  methyl n-butyl ketone
5.  pentachloroethane
6.  asbestos (all mineral forms)
7.  polychlorinated biphenyls
8.  tris(2,3-dibromopropyl)phosphate
9.  polybrominated biphenyls
10. CFC-11
11. CFC-12
12. CFC-13
13. CFC-111
14. CFC-112
15. CFC-113
16. CFC-114
17. CFC-115
18. CFC-211
19. CFC-212
20. CFC-213
21. CFC-214
22. CFC-215
23. CFC-216
24. CFC-217
25. halon 1211
26. halon 1301 
27. halon 2402
28. carbon tetrachloride
29. methyl chloroform
30. isomers of Chemicals 10-29, other than 1,1,2-trichloroethane