The Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture is phasing out 28 insecticides due to concerns about their effects on health and the environment (see below). The ban affects the country's top-selling insecticides, monocrotophos, endosulfan and chlorpyrifos.
PAN Asia Pacific, September 1996.
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Active ingredients to be banned |
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acephate |
fonofos |
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azinphos-methyl |
isazofos |
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carbaryl |
malathion |
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carbophenothion |
mephosfolan |
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cartap hydrochloride |
methamidophos |
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chlorpyrifos-methyl |
methomyl |
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chlorpyrifos |
monocrotophos |
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cyanofenphos |
omethoate |
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diazinon |
phenoate |
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dichlorvos |
phosphamidon |
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endosulfan |
pyridaphenthion |
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etrimfos |
quinalphos |
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fenitrothion |
triazophos |
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fenthion |
trichlorfon |
[This article first appeared in Pesticides News No. 34, December 1996, page 18]