{"id":830,"date":"2020-05-29T14:01:43","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T18:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intranet.chemservice.com\/news\/?p=830"},"modified":"2020-06-26T10:25:45","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T14:25:45","slug":"commonly-used-pesticides-explained-13-dichloropropene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intranet.chemservice.com\/news\/commonly-used-pesticides-explained-13-dichloropropene\/","title":{"rendered":"Commonly Used Pesticides Explained: 1,3-Dichloropropene"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dichloropropene<\/a> is an abundant pesticide used on crops across the United States to control pests.\u00a0 From peanuts to potatoes, dichloropropene is used as a fumigant which both deteriorates in the soil and disperses into the air before seeds can be planted.\u00a0 Recently, dichloropropene has been featured in the news regarding the EPA\u2019s updated risk assessment. Read more to learn about this commonly used pesticide.<\/p>\n

\"Dichloropropene<\/a><\/p>\n

What is 1,3-Dichloropropene used for?<\/h2>\n

1,3-Dichloropropene<\/a> is used in agriculture as a pesticide. In fact, dichloropropene is one of California\u2019s most-used non-organic pesticides when compared to others in pounds applied and the eighth most-used pesticide in the US per year, with 20-25 million pounds applied annually.<\/p>\n

Specifically, dichloropropene which is a liquid but is used as a soil fumigant in its gaseous (volatilized) form. Soil fumigants are pesticide formulations that are incorporated into soil as gases. Fumigant gas molecules move through the pores of the soil and kill pests. Once the pesticide decomposes in the soil or diffuses into the atmosphere, seeds can be planted. Dichloropropene is a soil fumigant that can control pests through its nematicidal, fungicidal, insecticidal, and herbicidal properties, meaning it can kill nematodes, fungus, insects, and weeds. Therefore, dichloropropene is used on a variety of crops to improve yields.<\/p>\n

What Common Foods are Grown Using 1,3-Dichloropropene?<\/h2>\n

Dichloropropene<\/a> is a widely used pesticide because of its ability to be used on various popular agricultural crops. These crops include deciduous fruit and nuts, field crops like grains, bush and vine planting sites, citrus fruit, strawberries, sugar beets, potatoes, vegetables, tobacco, cotton, flowers, and ornamental trees. Dichloropropene is actually the main pesticide used for tobacco, potatoes, sugar beets, cotton, peanuts, sweet potatoes, onions and carrots which are crops that have such high pest pressure, that not applying pesticides is not possible for sufficient yields.<\/p>\n

1,3-Dichloropropene in the News<\/h2>\n

Recently, Dichloropropene has been featured in the media due to shifting regulations from the EPA and backlash from attorneys general and environmental groups. The EPA recently submitted a new risk assessment for dichloropropene that has downgraded its cancer risk from \u201clikely to be a carcinogen\u201d to \u201csuggestive evidence of carcinogenic potential\u201d. Eight attorneys general have openly criticized the EPA for minimizing dicholoropropene\u2019s cancer risk as farm workers and certain communities continue to be exposed disproportionately to the fumigant. Meanwhile, the 2019 Agricultural Fumigants Market size report was released, and experts predict the fumigant market to grow. The attorneys general have asked the EPA to revise the human health risk assessment and the EPA has responded by saying it would review the comments. No matter the risks of dichloropropene, it does not change the current agricultural circumstances that require it to grow several crops in the US.<\/p>\n

To test the purity of your dichloropropene pesticide<\/a>, visit Chem Service Inc<\/a> today! Chem Service sells high-purity chemicals to test your product against analytical standards. Contact Chem Service<\/a> or shop online<\/a> today to place your order for 1,3-Dichloropropene<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dichloropropene is an abundant pesticide used on crops across the United States to control pests.\u00a0 From peanuts to potatoes, dichloropropene is used as a fumigant which both deteriorates in the soil and disperses into the air before seeds can be planted.\u00a0 Recently, dichloropropene has been featured in the news regarding the EPA\u2019s updated risk assessment. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":845,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[51],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/intranet.chemservice.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/intranet.chemservice.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/intranet.chemservice.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intranet.chemservice.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intranet.chemservice.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=830"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/intranet.chemservice.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":832,"href":"https:\/\/intranet.chemservice.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830\/revisions\/832"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intranet.chemservice.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/intranet.chemservice.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intranet.chemservice.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intranet.chemservice.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}