Toronto, Canada-based Vive Crop Protection (aka Vive Nano), has announced approval for their VCP-01, Bifenthrin 10 DF insecticide from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). From the Aug. 6, 2013 news release,
Vive Crop Protection (Vive), a leading provider of effective and environmentally responsible crop protection products, announced today that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved VCP-01, Bifenthrin 10 DF insecticide for foliar use on a variety of crops, turf and ornamentals. This is Vive’s first product registration with the EPA.
VCP-01 is the first registration using Allosperse®, a proprietary polymer-based delivery system delivering maximum initial knockdown which allows the longest retreatment intervals. VCP-01 with Allosperse is a water-dispersible formulation with no organic solvents. Allosperse polymers are UV resistant to protect the formulation on the leaf surface for maximum effective insect control.
Always use all pesticide products with care. Read and follow all label directions.
I have written about Vive before, most recently on the occasion of the company’s name change in a Nov. 28, 2011 posting. Here’s the latest description the company has for itself and its products, from the Vive Crop Protection homepage,
The global population is growing and food production must increase. How do you get more output from less land?
Better crop protection products.
At Vive, we make products that better protect crops from pests. Our patented Allosperse® delivery system not only makes crop protection products more effective, it also helps to reduce their environmental impact.
Products made with Allosperse coat plants more evenly, which provides better crop protection and leads to increased yields.
Allosperse protects products from UV damage, helping them last longer. Longer lasting, more effective products mean a farmer doesn’t have to spray his or her fields as often.
Allosperse is a water-dispersible delivery system, meaning that our formulations are made without solvents. Solvent-free formulations are easier to work with and are safer for the applicator and the environment.
Vive is working with partners across the globe that share our vision of bringing safer, more effective crop protection products to growers everywhere.
The company doesn’t offer descriptions of its products but you can find information about its Allosperse® delivery system here.
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Is there any question as to whether approval of a new bifenthrin insecticide is a good thing? The application for Vive’s approved product is 16oz. per acre. The product is 10% bifenthrin. The oral LD50 for honeybees is 0.1µg/bee and contact LD50 is 0.01462µg/bee. This means that at applied rates (1.6oz active ingredient per acre, equivalent to 45,360,000µg/acre), there is enough bifenthrin sprayed on an acre to kill about 2 billion bees. Granted, there probably won’t be 2 billion bees on the field when it’s applied but it’s not as though it’s hard to imagine an insecticide as toxic as this having extreme adverse effects on the environment.