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Chlorpyrifos
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Chlorpyrifos
A highly toxic crystalline acetylcholinesterase-inhibiting organophosphate insecticide used to control insect pests. It is a neurotoxin and suspected endocrine disruptor, and has been associated with asthma, reproductive and developmental toxicity, and acute toxicity
chlorpyrifos
an organophosphorus insecticide used widely for the control of ectoparasites on animals and in the treatment of their environment.
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2004), does not differentiate among exposure to TCPy, chlorpyrifos, and chlorpyrifos-methyl.
Assessing exposure to organophosphorus pesticides by biomonitoring in ... by Needham, Larry L. / Environmental Health Perspectives
In the present study we explored whether environmental exposures to 1-naphthol (1N), a metabolite of carbaryl and naphthalene, and 3,5,6trichloro-2-pyridinol (TCPY), a metabolite of chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-methyl, are associated with decreased semen quality in humans.
The relationship of urinary metabolites of carbaryl/naphthalene and ... by Hauser, Russ / Environmental Health Perspectives
Chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-methyl have had wide use on fruits and vegetables and as treatments inside and outside homes, although many residential uses were recently restricted (18).
Measurement of Children's Exposure to Pesticides: Analysis of Urinary ... by Sexton, Ken / Environmental Health Perspectives
 
 
 
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