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Effect of Diazinon on Plasma Lipid Constituents in Experimental Animals
There has been increasing interest in studying the various effects of organophosphate insecticides in humans and experimental animals. Only a few data are available...
Diazinon impairs bioenergetics and induces membrane permeability transition on mitochondria isolated from rat liver
Diazinon (DZN) is a broad-spectrum insecticide extensively used to control pests in crops and animals. Several investigators demonstrated that Diazinon produced tissue toxicity especially...
Diazinon Insecticides for Home, Garden to Be Phased out
EPA has canceled registrations for dozens of residential lawn care and garden products containing the organophosphate insecticide Diazinon [Fed. Reg., 69, 48864]. These products...
Pesticides diazinon and diuron increase glutathione levels
Zebrafish have been increasingly used for monitoring and assessing the effects of different contaminants in the aquatic environments. In the present study, zebrafish embryos...
Comparison of Diazinon Toxicity to Temperate and Tropical Freshwater Daphnia Species
In recent decades, most of the developed countries are shifting toward a chemical-free agriculture, also known as ‘‘organic’’ agriculture/farming, or in other words, decreasing...
EPA Takes Pest Killer Diazinon Off the Shelves
Retailers in the United States are prohibited from selling Diazinon, a highly effective killer of a variety of yard pests such as ants and...
Effects of exposure to Diazinon on the lung and small intestine of Guinea pig
Considerable toxicity data of chemicals have been produced in the past few years. The environmental contamination with pesticides is a problem of the regional...
Why was Diazinon insecticide phased off the pest control market?
The phase-out of Diazinon pest products actually began in 1988, after large quantities of mass bird kills were linked to Diazinon treatments in large...
What are some signs and symptoms from a brief exposure to diazinon?
Diazinon exposure affects the nervous system of insects, people, and pets in the same basic way. However, the signs and symptoms from exposure may...
Is there a medical test to determine whether I have been exposed to diazinon?
Since Diazinon is only used in agricultural settings, the main way in which the general public could be exposed is through eating food treated...