Deltamethrin is a pyrethroid ester insecticide.
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Uses
- Deltamethrin is used outdoors on lawns, ornamental gardens, golf courses, and indoors as a spot or crack and crevice treatment. In its purest form, deltamethrin is colorless or white to light beige crystals that have no odor.
Benefits
- Highly effective insecticide.
Cautions
- This pesticide is highly toxic to aquatic life, particularly fish, and therefore must be used with extreme caution around water. Although generally considered safe to use around humans, it is still neurotoxic to humans. Deltamethrin is able to pass from a woman’s skin through her blood and into her breast milk. It is an allergen and causes asthma in some people
Interactions
- n/a
Other names
- [(S)-Cyano-(3-phenoxyphenyl)-methyl] (1R,3R)-3-(2,2-dibromoethenyl)-2,2-dimethyl-cyclopropane-1-carboxylate
References
Source: Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deltamethrin