ADBAC (alkyldimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride)

Product name:ADBAC (alkyldimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride)

Product Description:ADBAC is used primarily as a disinfectant, a sanitizer, or as a microbicide/microbiostat. It also serves as an algaecide, bactericide/bacteriostat, fungicide/fungistat, insecticide, miticide, virucide, defoliant, feeding depressant, repellent and tuberculocide. Use sites for ADBAC include agricultural premises and equipment, food handling, commercial, industrial and institutional settings, residential areas or areas of public access, pets and kennels, medical facilities, swimming pools, aquatic areas, and industrial water systems. ADBAC is also used as a wood preservative. As an agricultural pesticide, ADBAC is used for ornamental plants, shrubs, and vines. Some of the required guideline studies for an environmental fate assessment have been submitted. The Agency is using the available environmental fate studies for fate assessment of ADBAC to fulfill the reregistration requirements. Because of its use as a wood preservative, an aqueous availability study evaluating the leachability of ADBAC from treated wood is required. However, no data have been submitted to the Agency.