Rotenone is banned as a pesticide in the United States and the European Union.
"It's in fact banned as a pesticide in the US and the European Union." (said at 0:41:39)
The regulatory status of rotenone varies by jurisdiction and specific application. In the European Union, rotenone was removed from the authorized list of plant protection active substances (banned for agricultural/pesticidal use). In the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) phased out and cancelled all food, agricultural, residential, and livestock insecticide registrations for rotenone due to toxicity and links to neurodegenerative effects such as Parkinson's disease; however, it remains registered for restricted use as a piscicide (fish toxicant) in aquatic resource management.
- context: Rotenone: from modelling to implication in Parkinson’s disease (Folia Neuropathologica 2019)
"Since its discovery at the end of the 19th century, rotenone has been widely used as a pesticide for controlling insects, ticks and lice, and as a piscicide for management of nuisance fish in lakes and reservoirs. In 2000, Betarbet et al. reproduced most of the behavioural, biochemical and pathological features of Parkinson's disease (PD) in rotenone-treated rats." (abstract, results, passage verified)
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