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Label & SDS

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Registration information

  • U.S. EPA Registration number: 464-426
  • U.S. EPA Status: ACTIVE

Description

'Aqucar(tm) Ro-20 Water Treatment Microbiocide' is an algaecide, fungicide, and microbicide/microbistat. Its Federal EPA registration number is: 464-426. It was originally approved by EPA on 20 Sep 1972. It has a 'Danger' signal word. It has the following active ingredients: 2,2-Dibromo-3-nitrilopropionamide. It's approved for 13 sites including air washer water, canals, cooling tower water, industrial disposal water, industrial processing water, industrial waste disposal systems, industrial water, ore processing/recovery injection water, pulp and paper mill systems, and reverse osmosis water systems. It is also approved for 7 pests and pest groups including but not limited to algae, deterioration/spoilage bacteria, fungi, slime-forming bacteria, slime-forming fungi, sulfate-reducing bacteria, and yeasts.

Original registration date:

  • 20 Sep 1972

Cancellation date:

  • n/a

Alternative names:

  • ANTIMICROBIAL 7287Active
  • AQUACAR DBNPA 20 WATER TREATMENT MICROBIOCIDEAlternate
  • AQUCAR DB 20 WATER TREATMENT MICROBIOCIDEAlternate
  • AQUCAR DBNPA 20 ANTIMICROBIALInactive
  • AQUCAR MEM 20 WATER TREATMENT MICROBIOCIDEAlternate
  • AQUCAR(TM) RO-20 WATER TREATMENT MICROBIOCIDEAlternate
  • BIOBAN DB-20Alternate
  • FDB 85Inactive
  • SLITROLAlternate

Registrant:

  • LANXESS CORPORATION
  • Address:
    111 Ridc Park West Drive
    Pittsburgh, PA 15275

Active ingredients:

  • 2,2-dibromo-3-nitrilopropionamide 20%
  • Other ingredients 80%

Signal word:

  • Danger

Product type:

  • Algaecide
  • Fungicide
  • Microbicide/microbistat

Formulation:

  • Ready-to-Use Solution

Registered target pests:

  • Algae
  • Deterioration/spoilage bacteria
  • Fungi
  • Slime-forming bacteria
  • Slime-forming fungi (paper mills/water systems)
  • Sulfate-reducing bacteria
  • Yeasts

Registered target sites:

  • Air washer water
  • Canals
  • Cooling tower water
  • Industrial disposal water
  • Industrial processing water
  • Industrial waste disposal systems
  • Industrial water (unspecified)
  • Ore processing/recovery injection water
  • Pulp and paper mill systems
  • Reverse osmosis water systems
  • Secondary oil recovery injection water
  • Sewage settling ponds (lagoons)
  • Waste water systems