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CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTFor Internal Use Only
IBEX BIONOMICSwww.IBEXBionomics.com
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Enhanced Proficiency Activator for Pesticides
www.ibexbionomics.com Email: [email protected]
Phone: +1-305-669-3211
EPACS
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GREEN CHEMISTRY THROUGH BIONOMICS Bionomics integrate natural
life processes to obtain innovative, sustainable, environmentally
friendly solutions, applied to bio-economic systems.
EPACs IBEX Bionomics has developed a group of products we term
Enhanced Proficiency Activators for Pesticides or EPACs.
These are commercially viable, 100% organic products with the
potential to revolutionize the agrochemical industry by greatly
reducing the amounts of pesticides used, while maintaining or
improving efficacy.
EPACs are being successfully marketed in various test markets in
South America.
Our goal is to develop economically viable products that support
more sustainable agricultural practices to significantly increase
environmental and economic benefits for all.
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EPACS
EPACs are innovative organic optimizers developed and patented
by IBEX
100% organic and obtained from natural metabolites
Greatly optimize the mode of action of synthetic pesticides,
which include herbicides, insecticides and germicides (fungicides
and bactericides)
EPACs reduce the amounts of synthetic pesticides used by 50% to
75% and their harmful effects, while offering the industry a better
value proposition, economically and environmentally
EPACs maintain or increase the efficacy levels of pesticides
while significantly reducing their negative impact
EPACs provide a significant cost reduction for pesticide
manufacturers and crop growers, ultimately reducing food costs to
the consumer
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EPAC APPLICATIONS
Independent laboratory and field tests with fourteen of the most
commonly used pesticides have shown the following reductions of the
active ingredient while maintaining or increasing efficacy:
Full Test Results are Available
Similar results are expected for 26 other molecules that are
being tested over the next 18 months.
Atrazine (Herbicide) = 60% Chlorpirifos (Insecticide) =50%
Picloram+2,4D (Herbicide) = 60% 2,4D (Herbicide) = 50%
Profenofos (Insecticide) = 50% Oxadiazon (Herbicide) = 50%
Pendimenthalin (Herbicide) = 50%
Glyphosate (Herbicide) = 50% Metamidophos (Insecticide) =
50%
Bispyribac (Herbicide) = 50% Azoxystrobin (Fungicide) = 75%
Paraquat (Herbicide) = 50% Butaclor (Herbicide) = 50% Clomazon
(Herbicide) = 50%
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EPACs chosen as one of the five finalists for 2015 in the
American Chemical Society, Green Chemistry Institutes international
competition.
The products and business plan will be presented at the ACS
Green Chemistry Congress in Bethesda, Maryland on July 15,
2015.
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P E S T I C I D E S T O D AY
For over 50 years agriculture has relied on the liberal
application of pesticides for crop protection, creating significant
environmental and health-related problems worldwide:
Agriculture: Resistance to pesticides by weeds and plagues have
led to overuse and/or the continued development of stronger
pesticides with increasing levels of toxicity
Soil & Water: About 75% of soil and water quality problems
originate from pesticide and other agro-chemical uses
Biodiversity: Overuse of pesticides has gravely increased the
threat of biodiversity collapse, impacting beneficial species of
insects, fishes, birds, microorganisms and others
Human Health: Many studies link direct and indirect exposure to
pesticides to higher risks of cancer, autoimmune diseases,
endocrine disorders, autism, and others
EPACs will greatly contribute to the remediation of this
situation and to the implementation of more sustainable industry
norms for agriculture and other environmentally affected areas.
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M A R K E T C O N S I D E R AT I O N S
The worldwide agro-chemical market of about US$300 billion
underpinned by high growth rates. Pesticides make up 40% of this
market, or US$120 billion, and annual growth rate of 10%+. EPACs
create a new global market space with potential annual sales of
US$20 billion.
No known competition for EPACs Pesticide exposure is
increasingly linked to serious illnesses and adverse health
conditions Growing broad market demand for environmentally safer
solutions and products Government regulations on pesticide
concentrations becoming stricter on a global basis Demand for
viable solutions that increase the supply and decrease the cost of
world food
production. EPACs meet these criteria
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H O W E PA C S W O R K
EPACs are made up of secondary metabolites compatible with the
hosts organic molecules, thus recognized by the host as nutrients
and facilitating absorption
The EPACs organic composition optimizes the pesticides effect,
reducing the amount of pesticide required by 50%, to as much as
75%
Substantial reduction of the active ingredient goes hand in hand
with reduced environmental contamination and pesticide
residuality
EPACs increase biological oxidation and reduce chemical
oxidation of the pesticide, promoting more effective absorption by
the host and faster degradation of residue by microorganisms in the
environment
Greatly reduce pesticide run-off resulting from low absorption
and high residuality as a consequence of chemical oxidation or host
rejection
Products containing EPAC can be classified under Clean
Development Mechanism (CDM) category by reducing the amount of
pesticides that evaporate into the atmosphere
EPAC-OPTIMIZED PESTICIDES
