Malathion is an organophosphate insecticide which acts as an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor.

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Uses

  • Malathion is an insecticide in the chemical family known as organophosphates. Products containing malathion are used outdoors to control a wide variety of insects in agricultural settings and around people’s homes. Malathion has also been used in public health mosquito control and fruit fly eradication programs.

Benefits

  • None have been listed.

Cautions

  • No side effects are known.

Interactions

  • Not known.

Other names

  •  In the USSR, it was known as carbophos, in New Zealand and Australia as maldison and in South Africa as mercaptothion.

References

Source: Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malathion

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