News tagged with organophosphate insecticides
No evidence that WHO-recommended treatment for insecticide poisoning improves survival
Jun 30, 2009 |
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A study published this week in the open access journal PLoS Medicine finds no evidence to suggest that a controversial antidote recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to treat patients poisoned with highly toxic ...
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Researcher working on destruction of chemical weapons
Sep 24, 2008 |
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America's war on terror includes fighting the dark side of deadly chemical agents, and Texas A&M University chemist Dr. Frank Raushel is helping with the fight by developing an enzyme that might neutralize one such chemical ...
Popular insect repellent deet affects nervous system: study
Aug 05, 2009 |
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The active ingredient in many insect repellents, deet, has been found to be toxic to the central nervous system. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Biology say that more investigations are urgently needed ...
Oregano oil works as well as synthetic insecticides to tackle common beetle pest
May 22, 2008 |
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New research in the Society of Chemical Industry’s Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture shows that oregano oil works as well as synthetic insecticides to combat infestation by a common beetle, Rhizoppertha domini ...
Long-term pesticide exposure may increase risk of diabetes
Jun 04, 2008 |
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Licensed pesticide applicators who used chlorinated pesticides on more than 100 days in their lifetime were at greater risk of diabetes, according to researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The associations ...
Evolution-proof insecticides may stall malaria forever (w/Video)
Apr 07, 2009 |
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Killing just the older mosquitoes would be a more sustainable way of controlling malaria, according to entomologists who add that the approach may lead to evolution-proof insecticides that never become obsolete.
Genetic marker for insecticide resistance in mosquitoes identified
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Feb 04, 2009 |
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Research led by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has identified the genetic basis for resistance to commonly-used insecticides in one of the major malaria-carrying mosquitoes in Africa.
Genetic marker for insecticide resistance in mosquitoes identified
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Feb 04, 2009 |
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Research led by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has identified the genetic basis for resistance to commonly-used insecticides in one of the major malaria-carrying mosquitoes in Africa.
Association found between Parkinson's disease and pesticide exposure in French farm workers
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Jun 04, 2009 |
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June 04, 2009 - The cause of Parkinson's disease (PD), the second most frequent neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's disease, is unknown, but in most cases it is believed to involve a combination of environmental risk ...
Double trouble with insecticide-resistant mosquitoes
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Apr 08, 2008 |
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Mosquitoes harbouring two insecticide-resistance genes have been found to survive unexpectedly well in an insecticide-free environment where carrying such genes would normally expected to be a burden. As outlined in research ...
Many floors in U. S. homes have 'measurable' levels of pesticides
Jun 19, 2009 |
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Insecticides used in and around homes — including products voluntarily removed from the market years ago — were measured on the floors of U.S. residences, according to the first study large enough to generate ...
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