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Cartap

12/07/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Cartap — toxicity, side effects, diseases and environmental impacts

Cartap, also known as cartap hydrochloride, is a thiocarbamate insecticide developed by Takeda Chemical Industries, now known as Takeda Pharmaceutical Company. According to Inchem.org, cartap is derived from nereistoxin, a naturally occurring insecticide isolated from the marine worms Lumbrinereis heteropoda and Lumbrinereis brevicirra. This chemical is notable for being “reasonably effective at controlling chewing and […]

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