Oral Acute oral LD50 for rats 5600, mice 11 300, goats 3530 mg/kg.

Skin and eye Acute percutaneous LD50 for rabbits 5000 mg/kg. Eye irritant; non-irritating to skin (rabbits).

Inhalation LC50 (4 h) for rats 4.98 mg/l air.

Toxicity class WHO (a.i.) U; EPA (formulation) II

Mode of action Non-selective systemic herbicide, absorbed by the foliage, with rapid translocation throughout the plant. Inactivated on contact with soil. Uses Control of annual and perennial grasses and broad-leaved weeds, pre-harvest, in cereals, peas, beans, oilseed rape, flax and mustard, at c. 1.5-2 kg/ha; control of annual and perennial grasses and broad-leaved weeds in stubble and post-planting/pre-emergence of many crops; as a directed spray in vines and olives, at up to 4.3 kg/ha; in orchards, pasture, forestry and industrial weed control, at up to 4.3 kg/ha. As an aquatic herbicide, at c. 2 kg/ha.