What is the LD50 for some common pesticides?
Pests of the Garden & Small Farm by Mary Louise Flint, University of California publication, lists the LD50 figures for the following pesticdes: ingredient brand name type LD50 Nicotine “BLACK LEAF 40” Insecticide 55 Rotenone Insecticide 132 Bordeaux Fungicide 300 DIAZINON Insecticide 300 2,4-D Herbicide 375 Carbaryl “SEVIN” Insecticide 500 Acephate “ORTHENE” Insecticde 866 Copper Hydroxide “KOCIDE” Fungicide 1,000 Copper Oxychloride Sulfate “C-O-C-S” Fungicide 1,000 Ryania Insecticide 1,200 MALATHION Insecticide 1375 Pyrethrum Insecticide 1,500 Sabadilla Insecticide 4,000 Glyphosate “ROUND-UP” Herbicide 4,300 Cryolite Insecticide 10,000 Benomyl “BENLATE” Fungicide >10,000 Bacillus thuringiensis “DIPEL” Insecticde 15,000 Methaldehyde Insecticide 227 Methiocarb “Meserol” Insecticide 100 •
