Pesticides May Cause Asthma Among Farm Women ...erall risk of
allergic asthma, compared with women who neither grew up on
farms nor applied pesticides. Some less commonly used pesticides
such as parathion were associated with triple the risk of
allergic asthma. Some more commonly used pesticides such as
malathion were also associated with a higher risk,... Parathion
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaParathion , also called
parathion -ethyl or diethyl parathion , is an organophosphate
compound. It is a potent insecticide and acaricide. It was
originally developed by IG Farben in the 1940s. It is highly
toxic to non-target... ATSDR - MMG: ParathionParathion itself is
not volatile. ... Parathion is an organophosphate pesticide. ...
In commercial products, parathion is usually dissolved in
hydrocarbon solvents ... 5. PRODUCTION, IMPORT/EXPORT, USE, AND
DISPOSAL is an organophosphorus insecticide that is commercially
... Methyl parathion , O,O-dimethyl O-(4-nitrophenyl)
phosphorothioate, is not known to occur ...