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Document ID (ISN)24752
CIS number 76-463
Year 1975
Convention or series no.
Title Mevinphos.
Original title Mevinphos. [in French]
Bibliographic information Data Sheets on pesticides No.14, World Health Organization, Genève, Switzerland, and United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, Roma, Italy, June 1975. 11p. 10 ref.
Abstract Contents of this data sheet: synonyms; selected physical properties; agriculture, horticulture and forestry uses as insecticide and pesticide, and unintended effects on domestic animals and wildlife; inadvisability of household use; mammalian, human and non-mammalian toxicology; LD50; recommendations: restrictions on availability; transportation and storage; handling; disposal and/or decontamination of containers; selection, training and medical supervision of workers; additional regulations if distributed by aircraft; labelling; residues in food; precautions in use (threshold limit value, closed systems, forced ventilation, personal protective equipment of mixers and applicators); safe disposal of containers and spillage; emergency aid; medical diagnosis and treatment of poisoning; surveillance tests; laboratory methods for detection and analysis, and in cases of poisoning.
Descriptors (primary) WHO; FAO; toxicology; pesticides; mevinphos
Descriptors (secondary) disposal of harmful waste; data sheet; forestry; transport of materials; storage; crop protection; warning notices; first aid; lethal dose 50; hazard identification; safe working methods; agriculture; food contamination; medical supervision; threshold limit values
Document type B - Chemical safety information sheets
Subject(s) Toxic and dangerous substances
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Esters and salts
Agricultural chemicals