Chemical WHO Percentage Product group Class Frequency by category (1) Known products
Zinc Phosphide IN 1b 2 18.2% OP OP II 7 63.6% Sulphur IN IV 1 9.1% Endosulfan OC II 1 9.1% S total 1 11 100.0% (2) Unspecific products Livestock dip UN UN 1 6.67% Food poisoning UN UN 11 73.33% Rat poison UN UN 3 20.00% S total 2 15 100.00% (3) Unknown UN 27 100.00% S total 3 27 100.00% Percentage of all Product agents (1) Known products
Zinc Phosphide 3.7% OP 13.2% Sulphur 1.9% Endosulfan 1.9% S total 1 20.7% (2) Unspecific products Livestock dip 1.9% Food poisoning 20.7% Rat poison 5.6% S total 2 28.2% (3) Unknown UN 50.9% S total 3 IN: inorganic; OP: organophosphate; OC: organochlorine; UN: unknown.
Zinc phosphide is a potent gastric irritant; profuse vomiting and abdominal pain are often the first symptoms.
In this survey, the effect of phostoxin (a fumigant rodenticide) on the main reservoir host and vector of the disease were compared with
zinc phosphide 2.5% bait in comparison with the control area.
"If you're looking for materials that have good photoelectrical properties,
zinc phosphide is one of them," says Jillian Buriak, professor of chemistry at U of A.
Degree of decline in bait consumption gradually increased with increasing
zinc phosphide concentration from 1% to 3%.
Zinc phosphide ([Zn.sub.3][P.sub.2]) is a rodenticide that interacts with stomach acid to release phosphine (PH3) gas.
Gophers can be treated below ground with Strychninetreated milo, Diphacinone-treated baits or
Zinc Phosphide.
If properly administered with sufficient prebaiting,
zinc phosphide is "effective" at killing prairie dogs.
The Hindustan Times daily reported an analysis of the antibiotic, ciprofloxacin, given to the women found it had been adulterated with
zinc phosphide, a chemical used in rat poison.
Preliminary tests of the antibiotic ciprocin tablets were found to contain
zinc phosphide, Siddhartha Pardeshi, the chief administrator for the Bilaspur district, told Reuters.
Formulated baits of
zinc phosphide (2%) wax cake and broken rice; brodifacoum (0.005%) wax block and coumatetralyl (0.0375%) broken rice were subjected to evaluation.