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2. Malathion - Wikipedia

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   Malathion is a pesticide that is widely used in agriculture, residential landscaping, public recreation areas, and in public health pest control programs such as mosquito eradication. [5] In the US, it is the most commonly used organophosphate insecticide.

3. Cypermethrin - Wikipedia

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   Cypermethrin (CP) is a synthetic pyrethroid used as an insecticide in large-scale commercial agricultural applications as well as in consumer products for domestic purposes. It behaves as a fast-acting neurotoxin in insects. It is easily degraded on soil and plants but can be effective for weeks when applied to indoor inert surfaces.

4. Fenthion - Wikipedia

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   Fenthion is an organothiophosphate insecticide, avicide, and acaricide.Like most other organophosphates, its mode of action is via cholinesterase inhibition.Due to its relatively low toxicity towards humans and mammals, fenthion is listed as moderately toxic compound in U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and World Health Organization toxicity class.

5. Flea treatments - Wikipedia

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   A spot-on insecticide kills the fleas on the pet. A fogger or spray insecticide containing an insect growth regulator, such as pyriproxyfen or methoprene can kill eggs and pupae, which are quite resistant to insecticides. A comparison of 3 insecticides (selamectin, fipronil, imidacloprid) showed that selamectin reduced larval cat fleas ≥93.5% ...

6. Acaricide - Wikipedia

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   Acaricide. Chemical structure of permethrin, a common acaricide. Acaricides are pesticides that kill members of the arachnid subclass Acari, which includes ticks and mites. Acaricides are used both in medicine and agriculture, although the desired selective toxicity differs between the two fields.

7. Phenothrin - Wikipedia

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   Phenothrin, also called sumithrin and d-phenothrin, [2] is a synthetic pyrethroid that kills adult fleas and ticks. It has also been used to kill head lice in humans. d-Phenothrin is used as a component of aerosol insecticides for domestic use. It is often used with methoprene, an insect growth regulator that interrupts the insect's biological ...

8. Organothiophosphate - Wikipedia

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   Organothiophosphate. Organothiophosphates or organophosphorothioates are a subclass of organophosphorus compounds and of thiophosphate compounds. They are the organic compounds that contain a phosphate group in which one or more oxygen atoms is substituted by sulfur. Many are used as pesticides, some have medical applications, and some are used ...

9. Prallethrin - Wikipedia

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   A mosquito repellent vaporizer. It is marketed as a mosquito repellent by Godrej as "GoodKnight Silver Power", SC Johnson as "All Out" and Southern Labs as "Quit Mozz" in India. It is also the primary insecticide in certain products for killing wasps and hornets, including their nests.