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carbofuran a carbamate acaricide and nematocide. carbofuran N-methyl-carbamate Occupational medicine A broad-spectrum anticholinergic pesticide/insecticide sprayed by air to protect various crops–eg alfalfa, rice, grapes, and cotton Toxicity Most commonly affecting farm
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Distribution and retention of atrazine and carbofuran in farm pond ecosystems. Those chemicals include DDT and two related compounds that are no longer applied in the United States, as well as permethrin and carbofuran. For example, a 1993 EPA study focusing on carbofuran, an insecticide used on cotton, estimated that one to two million birds are killed annually by this chemical. |
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