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EPA allows diazinon uses to continue
Under the federal pesticide law, pesticides may not be used in the United States unless they are registered for a particular Diazinon was...
Children in agricultural communities are poisoned by diazinon
After application in the fields, Diazinon can become airborne and drift into nearby homes, schools, and playgrounds. Air monitoring in Florida and California has...
Farmworkers are exposed to dangerous levels of diazinon in the fields
EPA has identified at least 118 different agricultural scenarios that put farmworkers at risk of overexposure to Diazinon. Even when farmworkers wear respirators and...
Diazinon is toxic to both humans and wildlife
Exposure to Diazinon can result a neurological impairment called cholinesterase inhibition. Symptoms include muscle spasms, confusion, dizziness, seizures, vomiting, diarrhea, coma, and death. Diazinon...
Diazinon-Chemistry and Environmental Fate
Diazinon, first introduced in USA in 1956, is a broad-spectrum contact organophosphate pesticide that has been used as an insecticide, acaricide, and nematicide. It...
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...
Mechanism of Diazinon Adsorption on Iron Modified Montmorillonite
The study was carried out with the objective of developing suitable and sustainable low cost adsorbent materials for Diazinon, an organophosphate pollutant used as...
EWG Asks Retailers to Stop Selling Diazinon Immediately
Today the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its final risk assessment of the insecticide Diazinon, a heavily used home and garden pesticide contained in...
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...
Diazinon Toxicity to Kidney and Liver of Wistar Male Rats
Diazinon Toxicity to Kidney and Liver of Wistar Male Rats in terms of Biochemical and Histopathological Parameters. Diazinon is an organophosphate type pesticide that...