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Label & SDS

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Registration information

  • U.S. EPA Registration number: 1448-428
  • U.S. EPA Status: CANCELLED

Description

'Gbch' is an algicide, bacteriocide, and microbicide. Its Federal EPA registration number is: 1448-428. It was originally approved by EPA on 12 Dec 2003. Its registration got cancelled on 02 Apr 2021. It has a 'Danger' signal word. It has the following active ingredients: 2,4-Imidazolidinedione, 1-bromo-3-chloro-5,5-dimethyl-. It's approved for 19 sites including air conditioner water, air washer water, brewery pasteurizer water, can warmer processing water, cannery cooling canal water, cannery pasteurizer water, cooling tower water, evaporative condenser water, heat exchanger water, and hot tubs. It is also approved for 4 pests and pest groups including but not limited to algae, animal pathogenic bacteria, slime-forming bacteria, and slime-forming fungi.

Original registration date:

  • 12 Dec 2003

Cancellation date:

  • 02 Apr 2021

Alternative names:

  • GBCHActive

Registrant:

  • BUCKMAN LABORATORIES INC.
  • Address:
    1256 North Mclean Blvd
    Memphis, TN 38108

Active ingredients:

  • 2,4-imidazolidinedione, 1-bromo-3-chloro-5,5-dimethyl- 96%
  • Other ingredients 4%

Signal word:

  • Danger

Product type:

  • Algicide
  • Bacteriocide
  • Microbicide

Formulation:

  • Pelleted/Tableted

Registered target pests:

  • Algae
  • Animal pathogenic bacteria (g- and g+ vegetative)
  • Slime-forming bacteria
  • Slime-forming fungi (paper mills/water systems)

Registered target sites:

  • Air conditioner water
  • Air washer water
  • Brewery pasteurizer water
  • Can warmer processing water
  • Cannery cooling canal water
  • Cannery pasteurizer water
  • Cooling tower water
  • Evaporative condenser water
  • Heat exchanger water
  • Hot tubs (outdoor) (water treatment)
  • Industrial disposal water
  • Ornamental fountains
  • Pasteurizer water
  • Pulp and paper mill systems
  • Retort cooling water
  • Sewage settling ponds (lagoons)
  • Spas (water treatment)
  • Swimming pool water
  • Waste water systems