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leptophos

American

[lep-tuh-fos] / ˈlɛp təˌfɒs /

noun

Chemistry.

a solid compound, C 13 H 10 BrCl 2 O 2 PS, used as a nonsystemic insecticide for food crops and lawn grass.

Etymology

Origin of leptophos

Apparently lepto- + (phenyl)phos(phonothionate) a chemical component

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In 1973 and 1974, while the EPA was evaluating leptophos, it received repeated warnings from scientists that the compound was neurotoxic, or capable of causing nerve damage in test animals.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yet it was not until 1975 that the agency acted to ban the import into the U.S. of foods containing any traces of leptophos.

From Time Magazine Archive

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