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Chlorpyrifos

Level 4Significant concernsIn Winter's Dictionary

Chlorpyrifos is a pesticide residue — Insecticide and acaricide on corn and other vegetables

Also: Dursban, Lorsban

What it does

Insecticide and acaricide on corn and other vegetables

Where you'll see it

Barley, oats, sorghum, rice, wheat milling fractions; milk fat; meat and meat by-products

What the research says

Poison by ingestion. A skin irritant. Organophosphate identified as priority hazardous substance by the EU.

Regulatory status

  • Notes: Identified as a priority hazardous substance by the EU

Sources

  • A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives (Winter): Identified as a priority hazardous substance by the EU