Sentences with phrase «toxic organophosphate insecticides»

Green beans and leafy greens (kale and collard greens) were commonly contaminated with highly toxic organophosphate insecticides.

Additionally, Green beans, kale and collard greens have been added to the list because of their likelihood of containing highly toxic organophosphate insecticides.

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He also recorded several empty containers of a concentrated organophosphate insecticide — a lethal nerve poison that's toxic to wildlife.

The researchers mixed RHP with a protein called organophosphorus hydrolase (OPH), which degrades the toxic organophosphates found in insecticides and chemical warfare agents.

Many blame neonicotinoid insecticides — a new type of insecticide related to nicotine that attacks the nervous system of the insects and is deemed less toxic than organophosphates — although not everyone agrees.

Chlorpyrifos is an organophosphate insecticide, a powerful class of pesticide that has toxic effects on nervous systems.

Organochlorines are less immediately toxic than organophosphates and carbamates and have largely replaced them, but these flea insecticides accumulate in tissues and persist for years in the environment.