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- noun A
carbamate insecticide with hightoxicity to humans.
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Examples
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The unit contained methomyl, which is used to produce the pesticide Larvin.
unknown title 2009
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The unit contained methomyl, which is used to produce the pesticide Larvin.
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The unit contained methomyl, which is used to produce the pesticide Larvin.
unknown title 2009
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The unit contained methomyl, which is used to produce the pesticide Larvin.
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The unit contained methomyl, which is used to produce the pesticide Larvin.
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The unit contained methomyl, which is used to produce the pesticide Larvin.
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To contain the existing problem military personnel thoroughly sprayed the decaying animals with the insecticides methyl carbamate and "Baygon" (a propxur produced by Bayer, the aspirin makers); "Sevin" (a carbaryl produced by Aventis, a French company and smallpox vaccine maker that donated close to $2 million to the Bush camp in 2000); and "Lannate" (a methomyl produced by the chemical making machine DuPont).
R. B. Stuart: Honoring Our Nations Veterans as Cancer Stricken Soldiers Go Ignored R. B. Stuart 2010
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To contain the existing problem military personnel thoroughly sprayed the decaying animals with the insecticides methyl carbamate and "Baygon" (a propxur produced by Bayer, the aspirin makers); "Sevin" (a carbaryl produced by Aventis, a French company and smallpox vaccine maker that donated close to $2 million to the Bush camp in 2000); and "Lannate" (a methomyl produced by the chemical making machine DuPont).
R. B. Stuart: Honoring Our Nations Veterans as Cancer Stricken Soldiers Go Ignored R. B. Stuart 2010
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Chemical control includes the use of methomyl, carbaryl, diazinon, malathion and dimethoate, but avoidance of indiscriminate spraying is important as a measure of natural biological control frequently operates, and it is important not to eliminate the beneficial organisms: emphasis should be given to integrated control.
Chapter 32 1987
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Control of pests is normally by chemicals, eg carbofuran or aldicarb in the furrows before planting for soil pests, and foliar sprays of methomyl or carbaryl for insects attacking foliage; pirimicarb is used against aphids.
Chapter 25 1987
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