RHS Journals: The Garden
May 2003
Chemicals withdrawn from sale or use from 2002 onwards (updated January 2007)
This is a list of active ingredients that are being or have been withdrawn from sale. Note that brand names may be retained even though active ingredients in them are changed. Please be careful to use only the current brands.
Active ingredient |
Brand name 1 |
Main use |
Last date for use |
Insecticides |
| Chlorpyriphos |
Bio Chlorophos |
Vegetable root flies |
15.6.02 |
| Dimethoate |
Doff Systemic Insecticide |
Sap feeding insects |
31.8.02 |
| Lindane |
Doff Gamma BHC Dust |
Various soil pests |
20.6.02 |
| |
Doff Weevil Killer |
Various soil pests |
20.6.02 |
| |
Doff Ant Killer |
Ants |
20.6.02 |
| Malathion |
Murphy Liquid Malathion |
Various insects and mites |
30.11.02 |
| Permethrin |
Homebase All in One Insecticide |
Various insects |
27.6.02 |
| Pirimicarb |
Rose Clear 2 3 |
Aphids only |
31.12.03 |
| Pirimiphos-methyl |
Fumite General Purpose Smoke Cone |
Glasshouse pests |
31.7.03 |
| Resmethrin |
Vitax House Plant Pest Killer |
Houseplant insects |
31.12.03 |
| Tar oils and tar acids |
Murphy Mortegg 10 |
Aphid eggs on fruit trees |
31.12.04 |
| |
Armillatox 2 |
Vine weevil eggs |
31.12.03 |
| |
Animal repellents |
| Bone oil |
Renardine |
Animal repellent |
24.3.05 |
| |
Fungicides |
| Carbendazim |
Doff Plant Disease Control |
Various diseases |
30.6.03 |
| |
Spotless |
Various diseases |
30.6.03 |
| Tar oils and tar acids |
Armillatox 2 |
Honey fungus, clubroot |
31.12.03 |
| |
Jeyes Fluid 2 |
Soil sterilisation |
31.12.03 |
| Thiophanate methyl |
Bio Liquid Club Root Control |
Clubroot |
31.12.05 |
| Triforine and bupirimate |
Rose Clear 2 3 |
Rose diseases |
31.12.03 |
| |
Weedkillers/herbicides |
| Ammonium sulphamate |
Deep Root, Root Out, Amcide, Doff Tree Stump & Tough Weedkiller and others (total list) |
Woody weeds and stumps |
22.5.08 |
| Atrazine |
Scotts Pathclear 6 |
Weeds |
10.9.05 |
| |
Doff Total Path Weedkiller 7 |
Weeds |
10.9.05 |
| Dichloroprop |
Many brands 4 |
Lawn weeds |
31.12.03 |
| Paraquat |
Scotts Weedol 8 |
Weeds |
30.4.06 |
| Simazine |
Scotts Pathclear 6 |
Weeds |
10.9.05 |
| |
Doff Total Path Weedkiller 7 |
Weeds |
10.9.05 |
| Tar oils and tar acids |
Armillatox 2 |
Moss, lichen or liverwort |
31.12.03 |
| TBA |
Touchweeder 5 |
Lawn weeds |
31.12.03 |
| |
Moss Killers |
|
|
|
| Dichlorophen |
Bio Kills Moss on Lawns 9 |
Lawn mosskiller |
30.9.06 |
| |
Plant Growth Regulators |
|
|
|
| Dichlorophen |
Baby Bio Roota |
Hormone rooting compound |
30.4.06 |
| Dikegulac |
Cutlass |
Hedge growth retardant |
31.12.03 |
NOTES:
1 In some cases, as indicated in the table, the withdrawn product has been replaced by another with the same or an increased range of uses, but containing a different active ingredient or ingredients.
2 Armillatox and Jeyes Fluid will remain on the market after 31.12.03 as disinfectants, but they will no longer be permitted to be used for pesticidal purposes.
3 Rose Clear 2 has been replaced by a new product Rose Clear 3 with an increased range of uses and different active ingredients.
4 Many of these have been replaced by other products which contain a different active ingredient but may be used for the same purposes.
5 This has been replaced by another product with the same name which contains a different active ingredient but may be used for the same purposes.
6 Pathclear Gun! is not affected as it does not contain simazine. The replacement product Pathclear Ultra is based on approved active ingredients.
7 The replacement product Doff Improved Total Path Weedkiller is based on approved active ingredients.
8 An alternative product is Weedol 2 which doesn't contains paraquat.
9 The manufacturers have ceased to make dichlorophen because there is no longer sufficient market for it.
10 The only product now available for use as a winter wash is the plant oil-based Growing Success Winter Tree Wash.
Out-of-date garden chemicals need to be safely and legally disposed of. They should not be placed in household waste or down the drain. Contact your local council or visit the Pesticide Action Network’s website for your nearest pesticide disposal site.
For more information visit the Pesticides Safety Directorate website
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