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3. New modes of action
From 1972 onwards, it wasn't enough for a product to be active to attract the interest of an increasingly crowded market; it had to offer something genuinely new to crop protection, compared with the substances currently in use.
3.1 Pyrethroids: the need to separate diastereomers
From 1974 onwards, pyrethroid insecticides were developed; these are esters built on the model of pyrethrum compounds, but made photostable by structural modifications (replacement of the two vinyl methyls of chrysanthemic acid by halogens and choice of a phenoxyphenyl for the alcoholic copula).
The leading molecule is deltamethrin:
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http://www.eu-footprint.org/fr/ppdb.html
http://www.dive.afssa.fr/agritox/index.php
https://agriculture.gouv.fr/e-phy-le-nouveau-catalogue-en-ligne-des-produits-phytopharmaceutiques...
Regulations
Directive 91/414/EEC of July 15, 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market.
French Rural Code. Articles L. 253-1 to L. 253-8 – Placing plant protection products on the market. General provisions.
Directive 98/8/EC of February 16, 1998 concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market.
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ECPA: Europe Crop Protection Association
UIPP: Union des industries de la protection des plantes (Union of plant protection industries)
UPJ: Union of companies for the protection of gardens and green spaces
EFSA: European Food Safety Agency
AFSSA: French Food Safety Agency
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