noun
definition
A pesticide, Diethyl [(dimethoxyphosphinothioyl)-thio]butanedioate.
Examples of malathion in a Sentence
Members agreed that technical grade malathion had been tested in four long-term dietary bioassays in rats and two long-term dietary bioassays in mice.
I don't understand why quite a few of the local health departments are still using malathion.
Members agreed that malathion was a DNA methylating agent.
The current recommendation for Harrow is a lotion containing malathion.
In the COM review purified malathion referred to 96% pure material.
The evidence from mutagenicity studies suggests technical grade malathion is not mutagenic in rats by the oral route.
Negative results in such an assay would provide full reassurance with regard to oral exposure of rats to technical grade malathion.
Malathion (0.5% in Ovide), a neurotoxic organophosphate, was withdrawn from the U.S. market due to an increase in malathion-resistant lice.
Sometimes infested clothing is treated with a 1 percent malathion powder.