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- Title
Public safety aspects of pyrethroid insecticides used in West Nile virus-carrying mosquito control.
- Authors
Gammon, Derek W.
- Abstract
The article reports on the pyrethroid insecticides' public safety aspects which was used in West Nile virus-carrying (WNV) mosquito control. In the United States, WNV's outbreaks is increasing which cause many fatalities. The epidemic is reduced by controlling the mosquito vectors through the use of pyrethroid insecticides.Resmethrin and Pyrethrins, a pyrethroid, have been shown to cause tumors in an animal experimentation. An overview of the study is offered, which indicates that it is unlikely to be applicable to human. Even so, for resmethrin, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) inferred that a risk of carcinogenicity in humans is present, thus requiring the manufacturers to provide more information to prove that it can be used safely in vector control.
- Subjects
WEST Nile fever prevention; MOSQUITO vectors; PYRETHROIDS; PUBLIC safety; MOSQUITO control; PYRETHRINS; PESTICIDES industry; ANIMAL experimentation; UNITED States. Environmental Protection Agency
- Publication
Pest Management Science, 2007, Vol 63, Issue 7, p625
- ISSN
1526-498X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ps.1395