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... It is also still used in many countries where ma- laria is endemic, as an insecticide to control mosquitoes (HSDB 2009). Production Technical DDT was first synthesized in 1874, and ...

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... Aerosols (0.5% dichlorvos) and strips are used domestically for the control of ants, bedbugs, ticks, cockroaches, flies, mosquitoes, silverfish, spiders, and wasps (WHO/FAO, 1968). ...

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... In recent years, this insecticide has been used in California for the control of mosquitoes which are vectors of encephalitis (Ayers and Johnson, 1976). Approximately 200,000 ...

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... The World Health Organization recommends malathion for use by public health programs to control mosquitoes, (World Health Organization, Division of Malaria and Parasitic Diseases, ...

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... furnace coils, cable and wire insula- tion for braided sleeving, infrared radiation diffusers, insulation for fuel lines, and high-pressure portable flange covers. ...

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... In mosquitoes, the sulfoxide was less toxic than the parent compound (Metcalf et al., 1 9 6 6 ) . Aldicarb was one of many pesticides that were selected for study by the ...

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... It is used to some extent in California for mosquito control (EPA, 1975). The duration of methyl parathion 1 s insecticidal activity ranges from 2 to 4 weeks (Eto, 1974). Its ...

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... and is added to potable water in Zika virus-endemic areas to control mosquitoes. ... water 4 to control mosquito populations, including the species that carry Zika virus. ...

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... Complete control of mosquito larvae over wide geographical areas as well as long-term ... prevention of disease, particularly for mosquito abate- ment in world malaria-control ...

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... In freshwater organisms, the LC50 for mosquito larvae is 21.5 mg/liter, whereas for ... gasoline fractions to fourth- instar larvae of the mosquito Aedes uegypti L. Environ. ...

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