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dichlorvos

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dichlorvos [dī′klȯr‚väs]
(organic chemistry)
C4H7O4Cl2P An amber liquid, used as an insecticide and miticide on public health pests, stored products, and flies on cattle. Abbreviated DDVP.


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completes the acquisition of certain assets related to the active ingredient dichlorvos (DDVP), used in the animal health business.
The EPA's own evaluation of a study involving the insecticide dichlorvos noted that some subjects reported minor ailments such as headaches, drowsiness, and abdominal colic, but investigators "did not attribute these symptoms to dichlorvos administration.
in which volunteers drank small amounts of dichlorvos, a neurotoxic insecticide, mixed into corn oil.
 
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