Captan
What is it?
Captan is a compound used primarily as a fungicide and preservative.
How can I avoid it?
Avoidance requires reading the product labels, package inserts, Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), and on occasion, direct communication with the manufacturer.
Patients who are allergic to captan should read the ingredient lists of all cosmetics, especially those used on hair, and avoid products containing captan or labeled with names listed previously. Animal flea and tick treatment products should be checked for the presence of captan. Agriculture workers may be exposed to captan pesticides that are used to treat fruits, vegetables, and other plants.
Uses:
- Animal flea and tick sprays
- Pesticides
- Plant and fruit sprays and powders (fungicide)
- Preservative for awnings, draperies, and leather
- Root dip and seed treatment
- Topical treatment of fungal infection
- Packing and shipping boxes for fruits and vegetables
- Vinyl coated fabrics
- Wallpaper paste
- Fungicides in:
- Paint (especially for green houses)
- Leather
- Fabric
- Plastics
- Odorant for natural gas and liquid propane
Other names for Captan:
- Dangard
- Merpan
- N-trichloromethylthio-4-cyclohexene-1,2-dicarboximide
- Orthocide-406
- SR-406
- Vancide
- Vancide 89
- Vancide 89 RE
- Ethanethiol
- Ethyl mercaptan
