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al·di·carb

 (ăl′dĭ-kärb′)
n.
A highly toxic crystalline carbamate compound, C7H14N2O2S, used in agriculture chiefly against mites, nematodes, and aphids.

[(propion)ald(ehyde) + (methyl)carb(amoyloxime), one of its constituents.]
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aldicarb

(ˈældɪˌkɑːb)
n
a crystalline compound, C7H14N2O2S, used as a pesticide against insects, mites and nematodes
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He said: "The autopsy found Mr Collins was poisoned which is an unnatural death." The autopsy report revealed: "It was due to acute poisoning called Temik, a carbamate compound found in many hardware flee market shops, most commonly used for killing pests.
He had bottle fed all four predators since birth and said that they had been fed liver poisoned with Temik which is known a Two-Step as after two steps you can die.
Los insecticidas mas usados en el mundo para el control del vector, han sido temik, imidacloprid, dimetoato, clorpirifos, malation, cipermetrina, deltametrina, betaciflutrina, spinotetramat, spinetoram, oxamyl, acidos tricarboxilos, ometoato, sulfoxaflor, aceites minerales, entre otros (Cobelo 2005, Catling 1970, Bove 1986, Dahiya et al.
He says that some pesticides are a direct cause of cancer, especially Nemacur, Confidor, and Temik , pointing to the lack of screening devices at the Ministry of Agriculture to check if the produced and sold vegetables or fruits contain residues of Toxic pesticides .
For years, a carbamate insecticide called Aldicarb, marketed as Temik, has been the tipple of choice for poachers to give to elephant and rhino.
Twenty days prior to EPG recordings, a subset of plants was treated with 0.0046 g of aldicarb (Temik 15G[R]) applied to the soil surface of each pot.
Cytotoxicity of insecticide Temik 15G (Decarb) in mitotic and meiotic cells of Vicia faba plant.
Aldicarb is sold legally in SA for restricted agricultural use only, as Temik, but is sold illegally in unlabelled sachets.
The research has taken on a sense of urgency because a pesticide widely used to control nematodes in cotton fields, Temik, is in short supply and is scheduled to be discontinued in the years ahead because of health and environmental concerns.
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