Active Ingredient: Methyl Iodide
Human Health Risk Assessment and Mitigation
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Overview
- Name: Methyl Iodide
- DPR Chemical Code: 5783
- Chemical Class: Organoiodine
- Pesticide Types Registered: No actively registered products
- Fumigant: Yes
- California Restricted Material: No
- Toxic Air Contaminant (TAC): Yes
- Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Regulations: Yes
- Potential Groundwater Contaminant: No
- Reevaluation: Not applicable
Risk Characterization Documents (RCDs) estimate the nature and likelihood of adverse health effects in humans who may be exposed to pesticides.
- February 2010 – Risk Characterization Document for Inhalation Exposure
- Volume I, Health Risk Assessment (PDF), Appendices
- Volume II, Exposure Assessment (PDF)
- Volume III, Environmental Fate (PDF)
- Volume IV Part 1, Responses to Scientific Review Committee Comments (PDF)
- Volume IV Part 2, Responses to Public Comments (PDF)
Other Documents
- November 2010 – Final Evaluation of Midas Products (PDF)
- November 2010 – Report on Air Monitoring for Methyl Iodide during an Application (PDF)
- Appendices (PDF)
- February 2010 – Exposure Assessment Document for Pesticide Products Containing Methyl Iodide (PDF)
- December 2004 – Review of Occupational Exposure Studies for Methyl Iodide (Registration Tracking ID #192892, 192893, 192894) (PDF)
- January 2016 – Completion of Methyl Iodide Mitigation (PDF)
- February 2011 - Methyl Iodide: Designating as Restricted Material, Listing as Toxic Air Contaminant, and Use Restrictions as a Volatile Organic Compound
- April 2010 – Methyl Iodide (Iodomethane) Mitigation Evaluation and Options (PDF)
- April 2010 – Duration of Tarping for Methyl Iodide Applications (PDF)
- February 2011 – Statement by Mary-Ann Warmerdam, Director, Department of Pesticide Regulation, before the Assembly Committees on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials and Health
- December 2010 – About DPR's Decision to Register Methyl Iodide (PDF)
- December 2010 – Methyl Iodide: Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)
- December 2010 – Comparing DPR's Proposed Restrictions with other States (PDF)
- December 2010 – Detailed Comparison of the Federal Product Label, California-Specific Label, and Related Laws and Regulations (PDF)
- December 2010 – DPR Announces Decision to Register Methyl Iodide with Most Stringent Restrictions in the Nation
- December 2010 – Notice of Final Decisions to Register Pesticide Products Containing Methyl Iodide and Written Evaluation
- December 2010 – Response to the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board Comments Dated June 10, 2010 Regarding Methyl Iodide Registration Decision (PDF)
- July 2010 – DPR Director Testifies that the Department's Proposed Registration Decision on Methyl Iodide is More Health Protective than U.S. EPA's Decision
- June 2010 – Statement by Mary-Ann Warmerdam, Director, Department of Pesticide Regulation, before the Senate Committee on Food and Agriculture
- May 2010 – Notice of Proposed Decisions to Register Pesticide Products Containing Methyl Iodide and Public Report Extension of Public Comment Period (PDF)
- April 2010 – DPR Announces Proposed Decision to Register Methyl Iodide, Using Nation's Most Stringent Restrictions
- April 2010 – Notice of Proposed Decisions to Register Pesticide Products Containing Methyl Iodide and Public Report (PDF)
- August 2009 – Why DPR Opted for an External Peer Review of Methyl Iodide
- July 2009 – Methyl Iodide Risk Assessment Will Undergo External Review
- August 2004 – Notice Regarding Initiation of Risk Assessment Process for the New Active Ingredient Iodomethane (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