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Fluopicolide

09/11/2018 / By RJ Jhonson

Close to 75% of conventionally grown spinach found to contain residue from toxic insecticides

Everyone knows spinach is good for you – or is it? According to the most recent tests conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), about three-fourths of all non-organically grown spinach is contaminated with traces of toxic chemicals, one of which is banned in Europe. The USDA analyzed 642 samples of conventionally grown spinach and […]

12/05/2017 / By Janine Acero

Fluopicolide — toxicity, side effects, diseases and environmental impacts

Fluopicolide is a systemic fungicide of the novel chemical class of acylpicolide fungicides and is applied as a foliar treatment to a wide range of crops, including potatoes, vegetables and grape vines. It controls a wide range of Phycomycete (Oomycete) diseases including downy mildews (Plasmopara, Pseudoperonospora, Peronospora, Bremia), late blight (Phytophthora), and some Pythium species. Fluopicolide is the common name for 2,6-dichloro-N-[[3-chloro-5-(trifluoromethyl)-2-pyridinyl]methyl] benzamide. There are […]

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