Pesticide product (active ingredient)

Amount of product applied (lbs) Uses Top User (% of total use) EPA product

warning label

Is active ingredient a PAN Bad Actor

chemical?

1. SEACHLOR (Chlorine 99.5%)

462,000 Sanitizer SEACO TECHNOLOGIES (100%) Danger YES

2. INDUCLOR (Calcium hypochlorite 68.0%)

65,545 Sanitizer, fungicide, algaecide

DEERPOINT GROUP, INC. (100%) Danger NO

3. VIKANE GAS FUMIGANT (Sulfuryl fluoride 99.8%)

61,142 Insecticide, miticide, poison

MISSION CITY FUMIGATION (65%) Danger YES

4. TRIANGLE BRAND COPPER SULFATE (Pentahydrate 99.0%)

21,845Algaecide, fungicide,

insecticide, molluscicide, nematicide

KENDALL JACKSON WINE ESTATES (52%) Danger NO

5. VECTOBAC G BIOLOGICAL LARVICIDE GRANULES (Bacillus thuringiensis 2.8%)

21,036 Insecticide, miticide, microbial insecticide

R&B HELICOPTER FOR NORTH SALINAS VALLEY MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT (97%)

Caution NO

6. ROUNDUP PRO HERBICIDE (Glyphosate, isopropylamine salt 41.0%)

18,077 Terrestrial herbicide HIGASHI FARMS (11%) Caution NO

7. AQUAMASTER HERBICIDE (Glyphosate, isopropylamine salt 53.8%)

14,854 Terrestrial and aquatic herbicide

MO. CO. WATER RESOURCES AGENCY (77%) Caution NO

8. MAKI MINI-BLOCK (Bromadiolone 0.005%)

13,868 Rodenticide WESTERN EXTERMINATOR-COMPANY (90%) Caution YES

9. GLYFOS HERBICIDE (Glyphosate, isopropylamine salt 41.0%)

13,221 Terrestrial herbicide CHRISTENSEN & GIANNINI (26%) Warning NO

10. DELTAGARD G INSECTICIDE GRANULE (Deltamethrin 0.1%)

13,116 Insecticide, miticide WESTERN EXTERMINATOR-COMPANY (81%) Caution NO

11. CONTRAC ALL-WEATHER BLOX (Bromadiolone 0.005%)

12,967 Rodenticide, poison ECOLAB PEST ELIMINATION (57%) Caution YES

12. GLY STAR PLUS (Glyphosate, isopropylamine salt 41.0%)

12,630 Terrestrial herbicide TANIMURA & ANTLE (25%) Caution NO

13. CHECKMATE LBAM-F ((E)-11-Tetradecen-l-yl Acetate and (E,E)-9,11-Tetradecadien-l-yl Acetate 17.6%)

10,872 Moth mating disruptionDYNAMIC AVIATION GROUP INC. FOR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (100CK%)

N/A N/A

14. METH-O-GAS (Methyl bromide 100.0%)

10,437Herbicide, insecticide,

miticide, fungicide, nematicide

DRISCOLL STRAWBERRY ASSOCIATES (53%) Danger YES

15. AGRONEEM (Azadirachtin 15%)

10,356Nematicide, biochemical

pesticide, insecticide, miticide

THE LINKS AT SPANISH BAY (50%) Caution NO

16. ROUNDUP ULTRAMAX HERBICIDE (Glyphosate, isopropylamine salt 50.2%)

9,227 Terrestrial herbicide LUIS A. SCATTINI & SONS (33%) Caution NO

17. MOSQUITO LARVICIDE GB-1111 (Mineral oil, petroleum distillates, solvent refined light 98.7%)

8,540 Insecticide, miticide N.S.V. MOSQUITO ABATE-MENT DISTRICT (89%) Caution NO

18. CHIPCO COPPER SULFATE (Pentahydrate 99.0%)

8,447Algaecide, fungicide,

insecticide, molluscicide, nematicide

PANZIERA FARMS (56%) Danger NO

19. DIPHACINONE TREATED GRAIN (Diphacinone 0.005%)

8,378 Rodenticide GAVILAN PEST CONTROL (23%) Caution YES

20. ROUNDUP WEATHERMAX HERBICIDE (Glyphosate, potassium salt 48.8%)

8,377 Terrestrial herbicide SOILSERV INC. (50%) Caution NO

Top Pesticides Used in Monterey County,

2006-2007

Data represent weight of pesticide products used within Monterey County from Jan. 1, 2006, to Dec. 31, 2007. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency product warning labels reflect federal toxicity classifications: “Danger” indicates high toxicity, “Warning” indicates moderate toxicity and “Caution” indicates slight toxicity. Pesticide Action Network (PAN) “bad actor chemi-cals” are “highly acutely toxic” nervous system inhibitors, devel-opmental toxins, known or probable carcinogens, or groundwater pollutants.

SOURCES: Monterey County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office Monthly Summary Pesticide Use Reports for 2006 and 2007, Pesticide Action Network Pesticide Database, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, product Material Safety Data Sheets.