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Piperonyl Butoxide
Level 4 — Significant concernsIn Winter's Dictionary
Piperonyl Butoxide is a pesticide residue — Widely used insecticide synergist in animal feed, dried foods, cereal grain milling, packaging
Also: Butoxide, Pyburthrin
What it does
Widely used insecticide synergist in animal feed, dried foods, cereal grain milling, packaging
Where you'll see it
animal feed, dried foods, milled cereal grains, packaging materials
What the research says
Poisonous by skin contact. Moderately toxic by ingestion. Large doses cause vomiting and diarrhea in humans. Adverse reproductive effects in experimental animals.
Regulatory status
- Notes: IARC reviewing; Community Right-to-Know List; FDA permits up to 10 ppm residue
Sources
- A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives (Winter): poisonous by skin contact. Moderately toxic by ingestion... Has shown adverse reproductive effects in experimental animals