Outdoor & Yard / Compounds / Benfluralin

Benfluralin in the yard and garden

Moderate risk for your yard

Benfluralin — herbicide.

What is benfluralin?

Also known as: Bethrodine, Balan, BENEFIN, Benfluraline.

CAS number
1861-40-1
Molecular formula
C13H16F3N3O4
Molecular weight
335.28 g/mol
SMILES
CCCCN(CC)C1=C(C=C(C=C1[N+](=O)[O-])C(F)(F)F)[N+](=O)[O-]
PubChem CID
2319

Risk for people, pets,

Moderate risk

Benfluralin — herbicide.

Regulatory consensus

1 regulatory bodyhas classified Benfluralin.

AgencyYearClassificationNotes
EDC Assessment—Suspected endocrine disruptor

Regulators apply different standards of evidence — animal-data weighting, exposure-pattern assumptions, epidemiological power thresholds — which is why two scientific bodies can review the same data and reach different conclusions. The disagreement is the data.

Where your yard encounter benfluralin

  • Agricultural Products — crop treatment

Safer alternatives

Lower-risk approaches that achieve a similar outcome to Benfluralin:

  • Organic mulching; Mechanical weeding; IPM
    Trade-offs: Labor-intensive; effective for small-scale or precision applications; no chemical residues; not scalable to large commercial operations without significant cost increase.
    Relative cost: 2-5× conventional

Frequently asked questions

Is benfluralin safe for your yard?

Benfluralin — herbicide.

What products contain benfluralin?

Benfluralin appears in: crop treatment (Agricultural products).

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Sources (1)
  1. PubChem (2026) — database

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