Baygon is a pesticide brand produced by S. C. Johnson & Son. It is an insecticide used for extermination and control of household pests such as crickets, roaches, ants, carpenter ants, spiders, silverfish and mosquitoes. In 1975, Baygon introduced Australia's first surface spray for killing cockroaches and other crawling insects.
Baygon was introduced by the German chemical manufacturer Bayer in 1975. In 2003, Bayer sold the brand to S. C. Johnson & Son. As part of the agreement, the active ingredients used in the pesticides are still manufactured by Bayer and supplied non-exclusively to SC Johnson.
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Composition
Baygon products contain the pyrethroids cyfluthrin, transfluthrin, prallethrin and the carbamate propoxur and organophosphorus chlorpyrifos, as active ingredients. In the concentrations used in consumer product insecticides, pyrethroids may also have insect repellent properties and are generally harmless to human beings in low doses but can harm sensitive individuals. If ingested in sufficient quantities, they can lead to a variety of ill effects, including tremors, dyspnea, and paralysis.
The active "biocide" ingredient in Baygon, Prallethrin, while considered effective as a mosquito repellent, has been flagged by the WHO and in other studies, as "highly toxic" to honeybees and fish.
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Products
Baygon products include:
- Baygon Alameddine
- Baygon Crawling Insect Spray
- Baygon Crawling Insect Spray/Disinfectant
- Baygon Crawling Insect Spray Foam
- Baygon Ant Bait Station
- Baygon Cockroach Bait Station
- Baygon Ant Powder
- Baygon Hows It Goin
- Baygon Moth Bag
- Baygon Genius Electric Liquid Vaporizer
In Latin America:
- Baygon Plaquitas (For control of mosquitoes)
In the Philippines, the following additional products are sold:
- Baygon Katol (Mosquito Coils)
- Baygon Electric Mosquito Repellent (Mat)
- Baygon Fly Paper
- Baygon Fly Bait
References
External links
- Official website
Source of article : Wikipedia
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