Is Ficam W harmful to humans?

Is Ficam W harmful to humans?

Ficam® is a registered trademark of Bayer. Contains bendiocarb 80% w/w. Fatal if swallowed. Fatal if inhaled.

What has replaced Ficam W?

Product Overview Ficam W is a residual broad spectrum spray for control of a wide range of insect pests. Ficam W has been removed from the UK & IE market, following a vote from the EU Biocide commission. For alternatives to Ficam W consider K-Othrine Partix.

Why is Ficam banned?

The news that Ficam W (Sachets and Jars) is to be withdrawn from the market is due to regulatory reasons. Ficam D will still remain on the market. We have limited stocks of Ficam W available and advise all customers to pre-order stocks that are needed to cover this phase out period into the 2020 season.

What is bendiocarb used for?

What is bendiocarb used for? In pest control bendiocarbs are used to control a wide range of insects such as beetles, spiders, aphids, mites, wasps, cockroaches and ants. Bendiocarb may be licenced for both indoor and outdoor use.

Is Bendiocarb harmful to cats?

Cats are typically more sensitive to the effects of bendiocarb than dogs (3). Early symptoms associated with bendiocarb exposure may include headache, malaise, muscle weakness, nausea, gastrointestinal cramps, sweating, and restlessness (4). See Exposure box.

How do you mix w Ficam?

Mix one packet or one scoop of FICAM W per gallon of water and apply as a coarse spray to thoroughly and uniformly wet the band area.

How do you use Ficam D?

Apply Ficam D by hand shaker or puffer, bellows or piston type gun or rotary blower at a dose rate of 10 – 20 g Ficam D per m2 of surface or nest. Ficam D may be used alone for crawling insect control in buildings. It should be applied to all areas where insect pests are found, particularly hiding places and runways.

What is Ficam dust?

Ficam D is a ready-to-use dustable powder containing Bendiocarb 1.289% w/w (1.25 % w/w pure) for use indoors as an insecticide for the control of ants, wasps and hornets (nests), including Asian Hornets. Ficam® D is odourless, non-tainting, non-staining and noncorrosive.

Is Ficam d banned in UK?

Bayer states that Ficam® D (UK-2018-1136) is used for over 95% of wasp nest treatments in the UK. The new label requirements, applied to the product by HSE, will limit its use to indoors only. Ficam® D will be available with an updated label from the end of January 2019, stating the new areas of use.

Is Bendiocarb harmful to dogs?

Several studies in a number of laboratory animal species have indicated that bendiocarb is acutely toxic by the oral route and meets the EU criteria for classification as Toxic (T; R25).

Is Bendiocarb harmful to birds?

Bendiocarb is an acutely toxic carbamate insecticide used in public health and agriculture and is effective against a wide range of nuisance and disease vector insects. Bendiocarb is highly toxic to birds and fish.

Is bendiocarb banned?

End use products used in and around homes have been prohibited to be sold or distributed by the registrant since October 31, 2000 and all bendiocarb products will be cancelled as of December 31, 2001 (U.S. EPA 1999). Data gaps exists for acute and subchronic neurotoxicity studies in rats.

Is FICAM W (80% Bendiocarb WP) being withdrawn?

Although this announcemnet relates to the UK, the withdrawal of Ficam W (80% bendiocarb WP) will be Europe wide and follows the withdrawal earlier this year of Ficam W in Ireland. This announcement also comes hard on the heels of the outdoor usage restrictions imposed on Ficam D (1.25% bendiocarb dust) earlier this year.

Is Bendiocarb still in use?

Bendiocarb belongs to a class of insecticides (chemicals that kill or control insects) known as carbamates (1). Bendiocarb was first registered in the United States in 1980. Its registration was voluntarily canceled in September 1999, and all products containing bendiocarb lost registration in December 2001.

How to use FICAM® W?

How to use Ficam® W should be diluted with water for hand or power sprayers. Calibrate sprayer prior to application. For internal spraying use a flat fan nozzle, producing a fine spray pattern. For external spraying use a medium to coarse flat-fan for evenly flat surfaces or a variable-cone/cone-jet for general situations.

Is FICAM W the best residual insecticide in the UK?

For many decades this product has probably been the most widely used indoor residual insecticide in the UK, with a broad range of target pests and the convenience of unit-dose sachets. “In recent years however, the attribute that has made Ficam W particularly useful, is the fact that it has a different mode of action from that of the pyrethroids.