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Bentazone—a New Herbicide for Chemical Weed Control in Soyabeans
Basagran is the trade name of a post-emergence herbicide belonging to the thiadiazines. The active ingredient is bentazon. It was developed by BASF for...
Tolerance Mechanism for Bentazone
The WSSA defines herbicide resistance as “the inherited ability of a plant to survive and reproduce following exposure to a dose of herbicide normally...
Diazinon ecological information
Toxicity to fish: LC50; Species: Lepomis macrochirus (Bluegill) weight 1 g; Conditions: freshwater, static, 18 deg C, pH , hardness 44 mg/L CaCO3; Concentration:...
How can diazinon affect children?
Diazinon is very highly toxic to birds, bees and most other insects. Studies show that Diazinon is moderately toxic to fish and amphibians, and...
How might I be 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...
What is diazinon?
Diazinon is an insecticide that belongs to a group of chemicals known as organophosphates. Diazinon is used in agriculture to control insects on fruit,...
Diazinon kills birds and fish
Diazinon has been linked to hundreds of bird kills and has caused the second largest number of known incidents of bird mortality of any...
Questions and answers on the use diazinon
Diazinon is the common name of an organophosphorus pesticide used to control pest insects in soil, on ornamental plants, and on fruit and vegetable...
Syngenta (Novartis) Doses Humans with Diazinon in an Effort to Save the Pesticide
Earlier this year, Syngenta (at that time Novartis) fed Diazinon to humans in a last ditch attempt to save home and garden uses of...
Insecticide Diazinon can still be used, but its days on the market are numbered
The restrictions on the use of Diazinon actually started in 1988 when the EPA canceled registration of Diazinon for use on golf courses and...