Baygon is a pesticide brand produced by S. C. Johnson & Son

S. C. Johnson & Son

S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. , previously known as S. C. Johnson Wax , is a privately held, global manufacturer of household cleaning supplies and other consumer chemicals based in Racine, Wisconsin. It has operations in 72 countries and its brands are sold in over 110...

. It is an insecticide

Insecticide

An insecticide is a pesticide used against insects. They include ovicides and larvicides used against the eggs and larvae of insects respectively. Insecticides are used in agriculture, medicine, industry and the household. The use of insecticides is believed to be one of the major factors behind...

 used for extermination and control of many household pests and is very effective for cricket

Cricket (insect)

Crickets, family Gryllidae , are insects somewhat related to grasshoppers, and more closely related to katydids or bush crickets . They have somewhat flattened bodies and long antennae. There are about 900 species of crickets...

s, roaches

Cockroaches

A cockroach is an insect of the order Blattaria. "Cockroach" may also refer to:*Cockroach , a 2001 album by Danger Danger*Cockroach , a 2008 novel by Rawi Hage...

, ants, carpenter ants, spiders, silverfish

Silverfish

Lepisma saccharina, frequently called silverfish, fishmoths, carpet sharks or paramites, are small, wingless insects in the order Thysanura...

, mosquito, and others. 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

Bayer

Bayer AG is a chemical and pharmaceutical company founded in Barmen , Germany in 1863. It is headquartered in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and well known for its original brand of aspirin.-History:...

 in 1975. In 2003, Bayer sold the brand to S. C. Johnson & Son. As part of the agreement, the active ingredient

Active ingredient

An active ingredient is the substance of a pharmaceutical drug or a pharmaceutical ingredient and bulk active in medicine; in pesticide formulations active substance may be used. Some medications and pesticide products may contain more than one active ingredient...

s used in the pesticides are still manufactured by Bayer and supplied non-exclusively to Johnson.

Composition

Baygon products contain the pyrethroids cyfluthrin

Cyfluthrin

Cyfluthrin is a synthetic pyrethroid derivative that is used as an insecticide in restricted use pesticide and common household pesticide. It is a complex organic compound, and the commercial product is sold as a mixture of isomers. Like most pyrethroids, it is highly toxic to fish, invertebrates,...

 and transfluthrin

Transfluthrin

Transfluthrin is a fast-acting pyrethroid insecticide with low persistency. It has the molecular formula C15H12Cl2F4O2.Transfluthrin can be used in the indoor environment against flies, mosquitoes and cockroaches. It is a relatively volatile substance and acts as a contact and inhalation agent....

, and the carbamate

Carbamate

Carbamates are organic compounds derived from carbamic acid . A carbamate group, carbamate ester, and carbamic acids are functional groups that are inter-related structurally and often are interconverted chemically. Carbamate esters are also called urethanes.-Synthesis:Carbamic acids are derived...

 propoxur

Propoxur

Propoxur is a carbamate insecticide and was introduced in 1959. Propoxur is a non-systemic insecticide with a fast knockdown and long residual effect used against turf, forestry, and household pests and fleas. It is also used in pest control for other domestic animals, Anopheles mosquitoes, ants,...

 and organophosphorus chlorpyrifos

Chlorpyrifos

Chlorpyrifos is a crystalline organophosphate insecticide that inhibits acetylcholinesterase and is used to control insect pests. It is known by many trade names...

, as active ingredients. Pyrethroids can lead to a variety of ill effects if ingested in sufficient quantities, including tremors, dyspnea

Dyspnea

Dyspnea , shortness of breath , or air hunger, is the subjective symptom of breathlessness.It is a normal symptom of heavy exertion but becomes pathological if it occurs in unexpected situations...

, and paralysis.

Products

Baygon products include:

• Baygon Alameddine
• 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 Hows It Goin
• Baygon Moth Bag
• Baygon Genius Electric Liquid Vaporizer

In the Philippines, the brand line included the following:

• Baygon Katol (Mosquito Coils)
• Baygon Electric Mosquito Repellent
• Baygon Fly Paper
• Baygon Fly Bait

Bayer re-entered the business in the Philippines (as Bayer Veterinary Sciences) and is currently using the Blattanex brand to market household insecticides.