Phosalone is an organophosphate chemical commonly used as an insecticide and acaricide. It is developed by Rhône-Poulenc in France but EU eliminated it from pesticide registration in December 2006.

The median lethal dose of oral exposure in rat is 85 mg/kg and that of dermal is 390 mg/kg.[1]。It is a weak acetylcholinesterase inhibitor.[2] It is taken by not only oral and inhalation but skin and it causes toxic symptoms peculiar to organophosphorus compounds such as miosis, hypersalivation, hyperhidrosis, chest pressure, pulmonary edema and fecal incontinence.[3] It is flammable and decomposes to toxic gases such as phosphorus oxides, sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides.[2] It is harmful especially to water creatures.

References

  1. ^ 製品安全データシート（安全衛生情報センター） Archived 2014-10-25 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b "国際化学物質安全性カード". Archived from the original on 2012-12-11. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
  3. ^ 植村振作・河村宏・辻万千子・冨田重行・前田静夫著 (2002). 農薬毒性の事典 改訂版. 三省堂. ISBN 978-4385356044.

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