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Label & SDS

EPA Label: link

Registration information

  • U.S. EPA Registration number: 748-285
  • U.S. EPA Status: CANCELLED

Description

'Pittabs-g70' is an algaecide, bacteriocide, disinfectant, and microbicide/microbistat. Its Federal EPA registration number is: 748-285. It was originally approved by EPA on 16 Mar 1990. Its registration got cancelled on 21 Dec 2020. It has a 'Danger' signal word. It has the following active ingredients: Calcium hypochlorite. It's approved for 7 sites including cooling tower water, evaporative condenser water, human drinking water, septic tanks, sewage effluent water, swimming pool water, and waste water systems. 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:

  • 16 Mar 1990

Cancellation date:

  • 21 Dec 2020

Alternative names:

  • PITTABS-G70Active

Registrant:

  • WESTLAKE CHEMICALS AND VINYLS LLC, D/B/A WESTLAKE COPORATION
  • Address:
    2801 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 600
    Houston, TX 77056

Active ingredients:

  • Calcium hypochlorite 73%
  • Other ingredients 27%

Signal word:

  • Danger

Product type:

  • Algaecide
  • Bacteriocide
  • Disinfectant
  • Microbicide/microbistat

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:

  • Cooling tower water
  • Evaporative condenser water
  • Human drinking water
  • Septic tanks
  • Sewage effluent water
  • Swimming pool water
  • Waste water systems