Poison News | Poison News – Poison Information

Carbetamide

12/15/2017 / By Janine Acero

Carbetamide — toxicity, side effects, diseases and environmental impacts

Carbetamide is a pre- and post-emergence herbicide used against annual grasses and some broad-leaved weeds such as blackgrass, ryegrass, common chickweed, speedwell, meadowgrass, forget-me-not, red deadnettle and mayweed. Carbetamide is also a carbamate insecticide, which is a cholinesterase or acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitor; it suppresses the action of acetylcholine esterase, and such chemicals are potent neurotoxins. […]

1 of 1