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Carbaryl

Level 4 — Significant concernsIn Winter's Dictionary

Carbaryl is a pesticide residue — Pesticide on corn, vegetables, fruits, pineapples

Also: Sevin

What it does

Pesticide on corn, vegetables, fruits, pineapples

Where you'll see it

Pineapples, eggs, fat/meat by-products of poultry/livestock, raw agricultural commodities

What the research says

Causes nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, lung damage, blurred vision, excessive salivation, muscle twitching, cyanosis, convulsions, coma, death. Poison via oral and skin absorption. Eye and skin irritant.

Sources

  • A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives (Winter): Causes nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, lung damage, blurred vision, excessive salivation, muscle twitching, cyanosis, convulsions, coma, and death