Minimum Risk Pesticides
What are Minimum Risk Pesticides?
The US EPA determines a product to be a Minimum Risk Pesticide, (MRP), when the risk to the public and the environment is sufficiently low as to not require all the data and review necessary for registration. Such products include the original 31 substances designated as allowable active ingredients in MRPs, under section 25(b) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Conditions for Minimum Risk Pesticides.
Active Ingredients Eligible for Minimum Risk Pesticide Use
The Cornell IPM Program offers these Active Ingredient Profiles to help officials, practitioners, and the public better understand their risks and benefits.
- Overview of the Profiles (pdf)
- 2‐Phenethyl Propionate Profile (pdf)
- Castor Oil Profile (pdf)
- Cedarwood Oil Profile (pdf)
- Chitosan: The EPA added chitosan to this list of active ingredients in 2022. We hope to develop a profile for this active ingredient in the future.
- Cinnamon & Cinnamon Oil Profile (pdf)
- Citric Acid Profile (pdf)
- Citronella & Citronella Oil Profile (pdf)
- Cloves & Clove Oil Profile (pdf)
- Corn Gluten Meal Profile (pdf)
- Corn Oil Profile (pdf)
- Cottonseed Oil Profile (pdf)
- Dried Blood Profile (pdf)
- Eugenol Profile (pdf)
- Garlic & Garlic Oil Profile (pdf)
- Geraniol Profile (pdf)
- Geranium Oil Profile (pdf)
- Lauryl Sulfate Profile (pdf)
- Lemongrass Oil Profile (pdf)
- Linseed Oil Profile (pdf)
- Malic Acid Profile (pdf)
- Mint and Mint Oil Profile (pdf)
- Peppermint & Peppermint Oil Profile (pdf)
- Potassium Sorbate Profile (pdf)
- Putrescent Whole Egg Solids Profile (pdf)
- Rosemary & Rosemary Oil Profile (pdf)
- Sesame & Sesame Oil Profile (pdf)
- Sodium Chloride Profile (pdf)
- Sodium Lauryl Sulfate Profile (pdf)
- Soybean Oil Profile (pdf)
- Thyme & Thyme Oil Profile (pdf)
- White Pepper Profile (pdf)
- Zinc Profile (pdf)