Active Ingredient: Abamectin (Avermectin)
Human Health Risk Assessment and Mitigation
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Overview
- Name: Abamectin (Avermectin)
- DPR Chemical Code: 2254
- Chemical Class: Macrocyclic Lactone
- Pesticide Types Registered: Insecticide, Miticide
- Fumigant: No
- California Restricted Material: No
- Toxic Air Contaminant (TAC): No
- Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Regulations: Yes
- Potential Groundwater Contaminant: No
- Reevaluation: Concluded
Risk Characterization Documents (RCDs) estimate the nature and likelihood of adverse health effects in humans who may be exposed to pesticides.
- August 1993 – Risk Characterization Document (PDF)
- June 1990 – Exposure Assessment Document (PDF)
Other Documents
- October 1999 – Abamectin Dislodgeable Foliar Residues Following Reduced-Volume and Conventional Pesticide Applications in a Greenhouse (PDF)
- February 1998 – Contact Dermatitis in California Nursery Workers: Part I. Surveillance of Skin Disease (PDF)
- April 1996 – Greenhouse Pesticide Mixer/Loader/Applicator Exposure Study (PDF)
- December 1988 – Potential Dermal and Respiratory Exposure to Abamectin During Greenhouse Applications (PDF)
- Pesticide Product Database
- Human Health Assessment Branch Memos
- Human Health Assessment Branch Publications, Posters/Abstracts and Presentations
- Worker Health and Safety Reports and Memos
- Environmental Monitoring Branch Publications
- Air Monitoring Network
- Pesticide Use Reporting (PUR)
- California Pesticide Illness Query (CalPIQ)
- Environmental Justice (EJ)
- OEHHA Proposition 65 Information
- U.S. EPA Pesticide Chemical Search
- PubChem-Chemical Information
For document retrieval, please submit a request at our Public Records Portal (NextRequest).
For content questions, contact:
Christine Herrera
Worker Health and Safety Branch
1001 I Street, P.O. Box 4015
Sacramento, CA 95812-4015
Phone: (916) 445-4261
E-mail: Christine.Herrera@cdpr.ca.gov
Brenna McNabb
Pesticide Registration Branch
1001 I Street, P.O. Box 4015
Sacramento, CA 95812-4015
Phone: (916) 445-0179
E-mail:
Brenna.McNabb@cdpr.ca.gov