Baygon

Baygon
Industry Insecticides (Home Cleaning)
Founded 1975
Headquarters Australia
Key people
Dr.H.Fisk Johnson
William D.Perez
Samuel C. Johnson
Products Aerosol Sprays
Baits
Conc. Liquid Insecticides
Parent S. C. Johnson & Son
Website http://www.baygon.com/

Baygon is a pesticide brand produced by S. C. Johnson & Son. It is an insecticide used for extermination and control of household pests such as crickets, roaches, ants, carpenter ants, spiders, silverfish and mosquitoes. In 1975, Baygon introduced Australia’s first surface spray for killing cockroaches and other crawling insects.

Baygon was introduced by the German chemical manufacturer Bayer in 1975. In 2003, Bayer sold the brand to S. C. Johnson & Son. As part of the agreement, the active ingredients used in the pesticides are still manufactured by Bayer and supplied non-exclusively to SC Johnson.[1][2]


Composition

Baygon products contain the pyrethroids cyfluthrin, transfluthrin, prallethrin and the carbamate propoxur and organophosphorus chlorpyrifos, as active ingredients.[3][4] In the concentrations used in consumer product insecticides, pyrethroids may also have insect repellent properties and are generally harmless to human beings in low doses but can harm sensitive individuals.[5] If ingested in sufficient quantities, they can lead to a variety of ill effects, including tremors, dyspnea, and paralysis.[6]

Products

Baygon products include:

In the Philippines, the following additional products are sold:

References

  1. Bayer AG, Financial Report 2003 (pdf, 2 MB)
  2. Bayer sells off Baygon. (The buzz: news, people & events for the informed PMP), Pest Control, January 1, 2003.
  3. Baygon agents, Baygon. Accessed on line December 21, 2007.
  4. FPA List of Household Pesticides, June 30, 2002. Accessed on line December 21, 2007.
  5. Pyrethroids fact sheet from the Illinois Department of Public Health.
  6. Pyrethroid, Manual of Pesticide Poisoning. Accessed on line December 21, 2007.
  7. Which product?, Baygon. Accessed on line December 21, 2007.

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