Baygon

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

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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 Johnson.^[1][2]

Composition

Baygon products contain the pyrethroids cyfluthrin and transfluthrin, and the carbamates propoxur and chlorpyrifos, as active ingredients.^[3][4] Pyrethroids can lead to a variety of ill effects if ingested in sufficient quantities, including tremors, dyspnea, and paralysis.^[5]

Products

Baygon products include:

• Baygon Flying Insect Spray
• Baygon Crawling Insect Spray
• Baygon Crawling Insect Spray/Disinfectant
• Baygon Crawling Insect Spray Foam
• Baygon Ant Bait Station
• Baygon Cockroach Bait Station
• Baygon Ant Powder
• Baygon Moth Paper
• Baygon Moth Bag
• Baygon Genius Electric Liquid Vaporizer^[6]

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