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carbamates

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carbamates
effective insecticides which exert their effect by temporarily inhibiting cholinesterase activity. They are also capable of poisoning. Clinical signs are pupillary constriction, muscle tremor, salivation, ataxia and dyspnea.


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It is therefore possible that organophosphates and carbamates share additional mechanisms other than cholinesterase inhibition that nevertheless contribute to developmental neurotoxicity targeted to the cholinergic phenotype.
The materials have no carbamates and no potentially hazardous extractables as do thermoset rubbers, according to the manufacturer.
Other substitute pesticides, like carbamates and organophosphates, have turned out to be no more safe or effective than DDT, and most lack DDT's ability to repel mosquitoes even after they build up resistance to it.
 
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