First recorded in 1953
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As for malathion, a 2000 federal review found it posed no threat to people when used correctly.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2024
In the meantime, the young people of the California Conservation Corps were the ones on the ground in the quarantine zone, stripping off fruit, hand-spraying with the malathion recipe.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2024
Health and environmental scientists are concerned about more than the direct impact of having potentially greater amounts of acephate and malathion on celery and other produce.
From Salon • Apr. 25, 2024
Acephate and malathion belong to a class of chemicals called organophosphates, which U.S. farmers have used for decades because they efficiently kill aphids, fire ants and other pests.
From Salon • Apr. 25, 2024
DDT, methoxychlor, malathion, phenothiazine, and various dinitro compounds are among the numerous pesticides that have been found to inhibit one or more of the enzymes concerned in the cycle of oxidation.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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