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Label & SDS

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Registration information

  • U.S. EPA Registration number: 464-8135
  • U.S. EPA Status: ACTIVE

Description

'Kathon 7g Antimicrobial' is an algaecide, antimicrobial, bacteriocide, and fungicide. Its Federal EPA registration number is: 464-8135. It was originally approved by EPA on 29 Apr 2015. It has a 'Danger' signal word. It has the following active ingredients: 2-Methyl-3(2H)-isothiazolone and 5-Chloro-2-methyl-3(2H)-isothiazolone. It's approved for 80 sites including adhesives, air freshners, air washer water, animal feeding/watering equipment, biopolymer fermentation solutions, brewery pasteurizer water, can warmer processing water, casein, caulking compounds, and clay slurries. It is also approved for 10 pests and pest groups including but not limited to algae, bacterial slime, deterioration/spoilage bacteria, fouling organisms, fungi, mold/mildew, slime-forming bacteria, slime-forming fungi, and sulfate-reducing bacteria.

Original registration date:

  • 29 Apr 2015

Cancellation date:

  • n/a

Alternative names:

  • KATHON 7G ANTIMICROBIALActive

Registrant:

  • LANXESS CORPORATION
  • Address:
    111 Ridc Park West Drive
    Pittsburgh, PA 15275

Active ingredients:

  • 2-methyl-3(2h)-isothiazolone 1.7%
  • 5-chloro-2-methyl-3(2h)-isothiazolone 5.3%
  • Other ingredients 93%

Signal word:

  • Danger

Product type:

  • Algaecide
  • Antimicrobial
  • Bacteriocide
  • Fungicide

Formulation:

  • Not reported

Registered target pests:

  • Algae
  • Bacterial slime (of paper mills, water systems)
  • Deterioration/spoilage bacteria
  • Fouling organisms
  • Fungi (coatings, leather)
  • Fungi (e.g., metal working coolants)
  • Mold/mildew
  • Slime-forming bacteria
  • Slime-forming fungi (paper mills/water systems)
  • Sulfate-reducing bacteria

Registered target sites:

  • Adhesives
  • Adhesives (gums)
  • Adhesives (joint cements)
  • Adhesives (latex)
  • Adhesives (protein-based)
  • Adhesives (starch-based)
  • Adhesives (synthetic)
  • Air freshners
  • Air washer water
  • Animal feeding/watering equipment
  • Biopolymer fermentation solutions
  • Brewery pasteurizer water
  • Can warmer processing water
  • Casein
  • Caulking compounds
  • Caulking compounds (silicone)
  • Clay slurries
  • Cleansers
  • Coal slurry systems
  • Coatings
  • Coatings (aqueous)
  • Coatings (preservative incorporation)
  • Coatings (wood)
  • Cooling tower water
  • Dispersed colors
  • Emulsions (unspecified)
  • Food plant conveyor chains
  • Grouts
  • Hard nonporous surface
  • Hydraulic fluids
  • Immersion ultrasonic tank water
  • Industrial processing water
  • Industrial waste disposal systems
  • Industrial water (unspecified)
  • Inks
  • Laboratory equipment water baths (water treatment)
  • Latex
  • Latex emulsions (preservative incorporation)
  • Liquid detergents
  • Liquid products (unspecified)
  • Mastics
  • Metalworking cutting fluids
  • Oil recovery drilling mud
  • Oil recovery packer fluid
  • Paint film
  • Paints
  • Paints (acrylic)
  • Paints (latex) (in-can preservation) (preservative incorp)
  • Paints (polyvinyl acetate latex)
  • Paints (preservation of applied films) (preservative incorp)
  • Paints (styrene-butadiene)
  • Paints (vinyl-acrylic latex)
  • Paper/paperboard (coatings)
  • Photographic solutions
  • Polishes
  • Polymers (synthetic)
  • Powdered detergents
  • Printing pastes
  • Pulp and paper mill systems
  • Railroad ties
  • Resin emulsions
  • Retort cooling water
  • Reverse osmosis water systems
  • Secondary oil recovery injection water
  • Sewage systems
  • Shampoos (carpet)
  • Slurries
  • Solutions (unspecified)
  • Spackling compounds
  • Starch solutions
  • Styrene
  • Tarnish agents
  • Timbers
  • Wax
  • Wood decks
  • Wood fences
  • Wood pilings
  • Wood poles/posts
  • Wood products
  • Wood structures