Floor Wipes Pyrethroid

It treats up to 3 600 sq ft.

Floor wipes pyrethroid.

Many pyrethroids i e permethrin bifenthrin can be detected in swipe samples if they. Yellow jackets spiders flies cockroaches and beetles it uses no imiprothrin cypermethrin or pyrethroids that are toxic to pets. The best pet safe cleaner for floors. At least seven different pyrethroids were detected in wipe dust solid food and indoor air samples.

Of all the measured pesticides cis permethrin and trans permethrin were the most abundant in indoor floor dust 54 8 and 48 4 ug g dermal wipes 32 5 and 32 7 ug sample food preparation wipes 201 8 and 208 9 ug m2 and transferable residues 34 0 and 36 3 ug m2 respectively. Including floor wipes floor dust food air and or urine collected at homes in the united states. It breaks down into its natural state within 7 10 days and will not persist in the environment. The present invention relates to an insect expellant floor cleaner additive comprising a synthetic pyrethroid.

Up to 11 different pyrethroids allethrin bifenthrin cyfluthrin cyhalothrin cypermethrin deltamethrin esfenvalerate permethrin phenothrin resmethrin and tetramethrin were detected in floor wipes collected in the six studies from california florida north carolina massachusetts ohio and virginia table s2. Permethrin was the most frequently. Kills listed hard and soft bodied insects such as aphids and mites. The additive is for addition to a solution of a floor cleaner such as a disinfectant for imparting insect expellency to the floor at the time of cleaning the floor with the disinfectant.

Permethrin was the most frequently detected 50 pyrethroid in these media followed by cypermethrin wipes dust. This suggests that children may be receiving a higher portion of. They also found chlorpyrifos and permethrin in the majority of homes 95 in addition to diazinon 95. Exposures to pyrethroids in media including floor wipes floor dust food air and or urine collected at homes in the united states.

A similar study in 2002 evaluated pesticide residue in kitchen dining floor wipes in 20 homes with children in the salinas valley of california. At least seven different pyrethroids were detected in wipe dust solid food and indoor air samples. The mean pyrethroid airborne concentrations in the stationary and mobile samples were 0 065 μg m 3 and 0 143 μg m 3 for the vinyl floor with 1 g m 2 dust loading and 0 034 μg m 3 and 0 061 μg. In children but not adults higher concentrations of pyrethroids found in floor wipes were associated with higher urine levels.