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Document ID (ISN)24755
CIS number 76-466
Year 1975
Convention or series no.
Title Chlorpyrifos.
Original title Chlorpyrifos. [in French]
Bibliographic information Data sheets on pesticides No.18, World Health Organization, Genève, Switzerland, and United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, Roma, Italy, July 1975. 12p. 5 ref.
Abstract Contents of this data sheet: chemical and physical properties, agriculture, horticulture and forestry uses as insecticide and acaricide, and unintended effects; uses in public health programmes and in household; toxicology in mammals and non-mammals; recommendations: restrictions on availability, transportation and storage, handling, disposal and/or decontamination of containers, selection, training and medical supervision of workers, distribution by aircraft, labelling; food residue limits; precautions in use (threshold limit value; closed systems, forced ventilation; personal protective equipment for mixers and applicators); first aid; medical diagnosis and treatment of poisoning; laboratory methods of detection and analysis, and in cases of poisoning.
Descriptors (primary) chlorpyrifos; WHO; toxicology; pesticides; FAO
Descriptors (secondary) disposal of harmful waste; threshold limit values; forestry; transport of materials; storage; crop protection; data sheet; first aid; lethal dose 50; hazard identification; safe working methods; agriculture; medical supervision; warning notices
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