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2. Paraquat - Wikipedia

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   Campaigns exist to control or even ban paraquat, and there are moves to restrict its availability by requiring user education and the locking up of paraquat stores. When a 2011 South Korean law completely banned paraquat in the country, death by pesticide plummeted 46%, contributing to the decrease of the overall suicide rate.

3. Raid (insecticide) - Wikipedia

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   In recent years, reports of the use of heavy duty bug sprays as an illicit drug have gained notoriety. [15] Although products such as Raid are relatively safe to humans (when used as intended), the act of huffing, smoking, snorting, vaping, plugging, drinking and/or injecting Raid or other bug sprays can cause irreversible neurological damage ...

4. Fly-killing device - Wikipedia

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   A typical flyswatter. A flyswatter (or fly-swat, fly swatter [1]) usually consists of a small rectangular or round sheet of a lightweight, flexible, vented material (usually thin metallic, rubber, or plastic mesh) around 10 cm (4 in) across, attached to a handle about 30 to 60 cm (1 to 2 ft) long made of a lightweight material such as wire, wood, plastic, or metal.

5. Diazinon - Wikipedia

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   Diazinon is a contact insecticide which kills insects by altering normal neurotransmission within the nervous system of the insect. As mentioned above, diazinon inhibits the enzyme acetylcholinesterase (AChE), which hydrolyzes the neurotransmitter acetylcholine (ACh) in cholinergic synapses and neuromuscular junctions .

6. Fogging (insect control) - Wikipedia

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   A fogging car used against the Aedes aegypti mosquito during a dengue fever outbreak in Coronel Fabriciano, Brazil, 2016. Fogging is a technique used for killing insects that involves using a fine pesticide spray which is directed by a blower.

7. Ortho - Wikipedia

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   Ortho-is a Greek prefix meaning “straight”, “upright”, “right” or “correct”. Ortho may refer to: Ortho, Belgium , a village in the Belgian province of Luxembourg

8. Mormolyce phyllodes - Wikipedia

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   Mormolyce phyllodes can reach a length of 60–100 millimetres (2.4–3.9 in). [5] These beetles possess a flat leaf-shaped, shiny black or brown body with distinctive violin-shaped translucent elytra (hence the common name).

9. Medicago lupulina - Wikipedia

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   Medicago lupulina, commonly known as black medick, nonesuch, or hop clover, is a plant of dry grassland belonging to the legume or clover family. Plants of the genus Medicago, or bur clovers, are closely related to the true clovers and sweet clover ().