About this item

Issue date:
5 September 2023
Status:
Current
Corporate Author:
Manatū Hauora - Ministry of Health,
Document date:
1 March 1999
Type:
Commissioned report, Evaluation and review, Report, Research, Resource,
Topic:
Environmental health,
Copyright status:

© Crown Copyright, Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Methoprene is an insect growth regulator which acts as a juvenile hormone mimic to disrupt normal development of insects. It is used extensively overseas against insects, in particular Dipteran pests.

Previously, methoprene has been recommended as an environmentally safe mosquitocidal agent for use in New Zealand. This report examines the known information on methoprene in relation to environmental effects and health.

In 2005 the Ministry of Health commissioned a report to review and update the original 1999 environmental and health impact report.

Download: March 1999 report - PDF, 604 KB

Environmental and health impacts of the insect juvenile hormone analogue, S-methoprene.

Download: May 2005 update - PDF, 192 KB

A Review and Update of the Report “Environmental and health impacts of the insect juvenile hormone analogue, S-methoprene” 1999.