CHLORPYRIFOS BANNED IN SA

GUILLOTENE FALLS ON CHLORPYRIFOS

http://www.pcsib.org.za/articles/Guillotene-on-chlorpyrifos.pdf The final word on chlorpyrifos as an active ingredient in home, home and pest control operator pesticides fell on 14 May 2010 at the hand of the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery Minister Tina Joemat-Petterson. Government gazette Regulation No. R375 of 14 May 2010 banned the use of this old active ingredient in agricultural remedies intended for use in homes, garden and premises occupied and used by people. The banning has no effect on chlorpyrifos in the agricultural sector though and farmers may continue to use it according to the label instructions on crops to control pests that the products are registered for. It may still also be used for pest control in stored grain by pest control operators that have the required certification for these purposes. Chlorpyrifos will also only be available in containers of 1kg or 1 liter or larger quantities and certainly not to the general public or for general use by pest control operators.
Dow AgroSciences who was the inventor of chlorpyrifos has already withdrawn the product from the home and home garden market due its adverse effects on people.

Chlorpyrifos banned from home, home garden and domestic pest control use in South Africa :
http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/188/50941.html The announcement by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery, Tina JoematPetterson, was published as regulation no. R375 in the Government Gazette of 14 May 2010. Pest Control Company Rentokil phased out chlorpyrifos ten years prior to its banning from home, home garden and domestic professional pest control use in South Africa.

Harmful pesticide banned in SA:

http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/harmful-pesticide-banned-in-sa-1.485733 The pesticide Chlorpyrifos, an ingredient in dog shampoos and flea collars, has been banned in South Africa by the Agriculture Department, the Legal Resources Centre (LRC) said on Monday. The department published a notice banning its use as an active ingredient in domestic and garden pesticides on May 14, the LRC said in a statement. They suspended the use of the chemical, but after scientific research showing the danger it poses to humans and particularly children, it was decided by that it should be banned totally." Chlorpyrifos was proven to have a harmful impact on children and foetuses. "The symptoms of Chlorpyrifos poisoning include headaches, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, shortness of breath and chest wheezing, eye pupil contraction, blurred vision, excessive salivation, convulsions, muscle spasms that may lead to muscle paralysis and in an extreme case, death by suffocation

SA bans chemical linked to ADD:

http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/sa-bans-chemical-linked-to-add-1.485764 An ingredient found in home and garden pesticides, chlorpyrifos, has been banned from domestic use in the country because of its link to childhood autism and attention deficit disorder (ADD). According to Professor Leslie London, director of the School of Public Health and Family Medicine at the University of Cape Town, the chemical is toxic to the nervous system, blocking important enzymes.

2010 05 31 Department of Agriculture bans Chlorpyrifos as an active ingredient for household, home, garden and domestic pesticide use
http://www.lrc.org.za/press-releases/1233-2010-05-31-department-of-agriculturebans-chlorpyrifos-as-an-active-ingredient-for-household-home-garden-and-domesticpesticide-use Chlorpyrifos blocks the ability of cholinesterase enzymes to deactivate the nerve signalling protein acetylcholine. This causes an accumulation of acetylcholine and the over activation of its targets including muscles, sweat glands, the digestive system, heart and brain cells. The symptoms of chlorpyrifos poisoning include headaches, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, shortness of breath and chest weezing, eye pupil contraction, blurred vision, excessive salivation, convulsions, muscle spasms that may lead to muscle paralysis and in an extreme case death by suffocation. The South African Veterinary Association AVCASA blames chlorpyrifos for the majority of childhood poisonings and pre-natal and early life exposure to it has been associated with attention deficit disorder and autism.