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Dichlorvos

12/03/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Dichlorvos – toxicity, side effects, diseases and environmental impacts

Dichlorvos, also known as DDVP, is a synthetic, organic chemical most commonly used as an insecticide. This chemical doesn’t occur naturally and is instead manufactured. Creating dichlorvos usually involves producing a reaction between trimethyl phosphite and chloral ; dichlorvos can be created by heating up trichlorfon as well. In its purest form, dichlorvos appears to […]

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