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USP<561> Pesticide List • Endosulfan (sum of isomers and • Methidathion • Alachlor endosulfan sulphate) • Methoxychlor • Aldrin and dieldrin (sum of) • Endrin • Mirex • Acephate • Ethion • Monocrotophos • Azinphos-ethyl • Etrimphos • Parathion-ethyl and Paraoxon ethyl • Azinphos-methyl • Fenchlorophos (sum of (sum of) • Bromide, inorganic (calculated as fenchlorophos and fenchloro-phos- • Parathion-methyl and Paraoxon- bromide Ion) oxon) methyl (sum of) • Bromophos-ethyl • Fenitrothion • Pendimethalin • Bromophos-methyl • Fenpropathrin • Pentachloranisole • Bromopropylate • Fensulfothion (sum of fensulfothion, • Permethrin and isomers (sum of) • Chlordane (sum of cis-, trans-, and fensulfothion-oxon, fensulfothion- • Phosalone oxychlordane) oxonsulfon, and fensulfothion-sulfon) • Phosmet • Chlorfenvinphos • Fenthion (sum of fenthion, fenthion- • Piperonyl butoxide • Chlorpyriphos-ethyl oxon, fenthion-oxon-sulfon, • Pirimiphos-ethyl • Chlorpyriphos-methyl fenthion-oxon-sulfoxid,fenthion- • Pirimiphos-methyl (sum of • Chlorthal-dimethyl sulfon, and fenthion-sulfoxid) pirimiphos-methyl and N-desethyl- • Cyfluthrin (sum of) • Fenvalerate pirimphos-methyl • λ-Cyhalothrin • Flucythrinate • Procymidone • Cypermethrin and isomers • τ-Fluvalinate • Profenofos (sum of) • Fonofos • Prothiofos • DDT (sum of o,p’-DDE, p,p’-DDE, • Heptachlor (sum of heptachlor, • Pyrethrum (sum of cinerin I, cinerin o,p’-DDT, p,p’-DDT, o,p’-TDE, and cis-hepta chlorepoxide, and trans- II, jasmolin I, jasmolin II, pyrethrin I p,p’-TDE) heptachlorepoxide) and pyrethrin II) • Deltamethrin • Hexachlorbenzene • Quinalphos • Diazinon • Hexachlorocyclohexane (sum of • Quintozene (sum of quintozene, • Dichlofluanid isomers α-, β-, δ- and ε-) pentachloraniline, and methyl • Dichlorvos • Lindane (γ-hexachlorocyclohexane) pentachlorphenyl sulfide) • Dicofol • Malathion and malaoxon (sum of) • S-421 • Dimethoate and omethoate (sum of) • Mecarbam • Tecnazene • Dithiocarbamates (expressed • Methacriphos • Tetradifon as CS2) • Methamidophos • Vinclozolin