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Fenthion

12/02/2017 / By Michelle Simmons

Fenthion – toxicity, side effects, diseases and environmental impacts

Fenthion, previously known as DMTP, is a contact and stomach organophosphate insecticide that is used to control a lot of sucking, biting pests, especially fruit flies, stem borers, mosquitoes, and Eurygaster cereal bugs. Like all other organophosphate insecticides, it works by targeting the nervous system of the pests and inhibiting acetylcholinesterase or AchE, an enzyme […]

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