Study summary
Methoprene R.E.D. Fact Sheet
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs
Read the original paper- Study type
- Review
- Year
- 1991
- Published in
- EPA Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances (updated 2001)
- Evidence strength
- Definitive evidence
Summary
EPA regulatory review of methoprene as a mosquito larvicide and insect growth regulator.
Key findings
Methoprene is of low toxicity and poses very little hazard to people and most non-target species, though it is highly acutely toxic to estuarine invertebrates that may be exposed via slow-release briquette formulations.
Limitations
Regulatory synthesis; the estuarine-invertebrate risk is flagged but not quantified.