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Chlorpyrifos
Level 4 — Significant 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