Pesticide databaseInsecticidesChecked 2026-10-01
Aldicarb アルジカルブ
Carbamates: Like organophosphates, they block the action of acetylcholinesterase.
In Japan
- Registration
- Not found in FAMIC's lists of registered or expired ingredients (never registered as a pesticide in Japan, or registered under another name).
- ADI (acceptable daily intake)
- 0.00025 mg per kg of body weight per day
- ARfD (acute reference dose)
- not evaluated
- Evaluation
- Food Safety Commission of Japan, September 30, 2013
ADI: the amount considered to have no effect on health even if eaten every day for a lifetime. ARfD: the amount considered to have no effect on health when eaten at one time (within 24 hours). Both are set by the Food Safety Commission of Japan, mainly from animal studies.
Evaluations abroad
- WHO acute toxicity class
- Ia (Extremely hazardous), LD50 0.93 mg/kgBased on the toxicity of the undiluted active ingredient given once, mainly to rats by mouth (LD50 = the dose that kills half; the smaller, the stronger the acute toxicity). It is not an assessment of the safety of residues in food.
- EU
- Not approved in the EU
- IARC (carcinogenicity)
- No matching entry in the IARC list (not evaluated or out of scope, including Group 3)
Related explainers
Sources
- FAMIC (Food and Agricultural Materials Inspection Center), pesticide registration information (as of Sept. 30, 2026) (Japanese)
- Food Safety Commission of Japan, risk assessment report on Aldicarb (September 30, 2013) (Japanese)
- WHO Recommended Classification of Pesticides by Hazard 2019
- EU Pesticides Database (Aldicarb)
Last checked 2026-10-01. Registrations and evaluations change over time. This page is a translation of our Japanese page; if they differ, the Japanese page is the reference.
Pesticides registered in Japan are approved by the government with set crops, amounts, numbers of applications and days before harvest. This page lists facts stated in laws and in evaluations by public bodies; it does not judge whether anything is good or bad.