Carbaryl, Carbofuran, and Methomyl - National Marine Fisheries ...

mildews and other fungal diseases. Those uses, as well as uses on ornamentals and in
greenhouses, have been cancelled (EPA 2003).
Usage Information
The BE indicated EPA has no recent national data on the amount of methomyl applied
annually (EPA 2003). According to the 1998 RED, an estimated 2.5 to 3.5 million lbs of
methomyl a.i. were applied annually in the U.S. between 1987 and 1995. CDPR
indicates approximately 262 – 554 thousand lbs of methomyl were applied annually in
California between 2000 and 2006 based on agricultural and other “reportable uses”
(CDPR 2007). Over 42,000 lbs of methomyl were applied in Oregon in 2007 (ODA
2008). Similar data on pesticide use were not found for Idaho and Washington.
Examples of Registered Uses
Agriculture. Methomyl is used for a variety of agricultural uses including alfalfa, anise,
asparagus, barley, beans (succulent and dry), beets, Bermuda grass (pasture), blueberries,
broccoli, broccoli raab, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrot, cauliflower, celery, chicory,
Chinese broccoli, Chinese cabbage, collards (fresh market), corn (sweet), corn (field and
popcorn), corn (seed), cotton, cucumber, eggplant, endive, garlic, horseradish, leafy green
vegetables, lentils, lettuce (head and leaf), lupine, melons, mint, nonbearing nursery stock
(field grown), oats, onions (dry and green), peas, peppers, potato, pumpkin, radishes, rye,
sorghum, soybeans, spinach, sugar beet, summer squash, sweet potato, tomatillo, tomato,
turf (sod farms only), wheat, and orchards including apple, avocado, grapes, grapefruit,
lemon, nectarines, oranges, peaches, pomegranates, tangelo, and tangerine (EPA 2007).
Non­agriculture. Methomyl has several non-crop uses that are outside uses involving
scatter bait or bait station formulations including the following use sites: bakeries,
beverage plants, broiler houses, canneries, commercial dumpsters which are enclosed,
commercial use sites (unspecified), commissaries, dairies, dumpsters, fast food
establishments, feedlots, food processing establishments, hog houses, kennel, livestock
barns, meat processing establishments, poultry houses, poultry processing establishments,
restaurants, supermarkets, stables, and warehouses (EPA 2007).
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