Reporter Yang Lu.
Four more highly toxic pesticides will be banned.
A few days ago, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued an announcement to ban four highly toxic pesticides, namely dimethoate, carbofuran, methocarb and aldicarb.
From June 1, 2024, the registration of oxymethoate, carbofuran, methocarb and aldicarb preparation products will be revoked, the production will be prohibited, and the sale and use will be prohibited from June 1, 2026.
According to the announcement, the production and export of raw materials of original drug manufacturers will be retained, and the existing registration will be changed to export registration only, and closed operation supervision will be implemented.
As a raw material for the production of carbofurans butadiene and propyl sulfone, carbofuran can be operated in a closed manner between carbofuran, carbofuran, carbofuran butathione and carbofuran prothionAs a raw material for the production of thiobircarb TC, dicarb TC can be operated in a closed operation at a fixed point between the production enterprises of mettocarb and thiobcarb TC. The relevant provincial-level agricultural and rural departments are responsible for the transfer out and transfer in, verification, tracking and supervision.
The reporter learned that oxymethoate is a broad-spectrum insecticide and acaricide, which has strong systemic absorption, contact killing and stomach toxicity. Carbofuran, also known as carbofuran, is a carbamate broad-spectrum insecticide and nematicide with contact killing and stomach toxicity. Methocarb is a systemic carbamate insecticide, which has contact killing, stomach toxicity and fumigation effects, strong penetration, and also has a certain ovicidal effect. Aldicarb, also known as ferpercarb, is a carbamate insecticide, acaricide and nematicide, which is the most toxic variety of commercial pesticides.
Highly toxic pesticides not only control major pests and diseases and ensure a sustainable harvest of grain, but also bring risks and hidden dangers to the quality and safety of agricultural products and the health and safety of humans and animals. The state implements a strict management system for the use of pesticides, accelerates the elimination of highly toxic, highly toxic and high-residue pesticides, promotes the research and development and application of alternative products, and encourages the use of high-efficiency, low-toxicity and low-residue pesticides.
In 2021, seven departments including the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will jointly launch a three-year action of "curing illegal and controlling drug residues and promoting the promotion" of edible agricultural products, and eliminate the existing 10 kinds of highly toxic pesticides in phases and batches, especially the highly toxic pesticides with more residues detected on vegetables. The 10 kinds of highly toxic pesticides are methylphosphine, amidophos, oxymethoate, carbofuran, methocarb, methocarb, methyl isosulfonphos, aldicarb, chloropicrin, and aluminum phosphide.
The elimination of highly toxic pesticides has been accelerated, and high-efficiency, low-toxicity and low-residue biological pesticides have ushered in a period of market opportunities.
In the pesticide market, although the proportion of biological pesticides is relatively low, the number of products, the number of registrations and the amount of use have shown an upward trend in recent years. Driven by the national pesticide reduction and efficiency increase policy, the market share of biopesticides is expected to further increase.
At the end of 2022, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued the "Chemical Pesticide Reduction Action Plan by 2025", which proposes that by 2025, establish and improve an environmentally friendly and ecologically inclusive comprehensive prevention and control technology system for crop diseases and pests, make the structure of pesticide varieties more reasonable, comprehensively improve the level of scientific and safe drug use technology, and strive to maintain a continuous downward trend in the total use of chemical pesticides. Among them, in terms of the intensity of chemical pesticide use, the intensity of chemical pesticide use (the amount of chemical pesticides used per unit sown area) of major food crops such as rice, wheat and corn (the amount of chemical pesticides used per unit sown area) will be reduced by 5% compared with the "13th Five-Year Plan" periodThe intensity of chemical pesticide use in cash crops such as fruits, vegetables, and tea will be reduced by 10% compared with the "13th Five-Year Plan" period.