Health Risk Assessment of Malathion Coproducts in Malathion-Bait Used for Agricultural Pest Eradication in Urban Areas

Health Risk Assessment of Aerial Application of Malathion-Bait

Dermal absorption of a dilute aqueous solution of malathion

Malathion is an organophosphate pesticide commonly used on field crops, fruit trees, livestock, agriculture, and for mosquito and medfly control. Aerial applications can result in solubilized malathion in swimming pools and other recreational waters that may come into contact with human skin. To evaluate the human skin absorption of malathion for the assessment of risk associated with human exp...

An Overview of Pest Species of Bactrocera Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) and the Integration of Biopesticides with Other Biological Approaches for Their Management with a Focus on the Pacific Region

Fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) are among the most economically important pest species in the world, attacking a wide range of fruits and fleshy vegetables throughout tropical and sub-tropical areas. These species are such devastating crop pests that major control and eradication programs have been developed in various parts of the world to combat them. The array of control methods includes ...

Resistance to malathion in field populations of Ceratitis capitata.

The Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae), is considered one of the most economically damaging pests of citrus orchards in Spain. Insecticide treatments for the control of this pest are mainly based on aerial and ground treatments with malathion bait sprays. However, the frequency of insecticide treatments has been increased in some areas of the Comunida...

Genetic monitoring of malathion-exposed agricultural workers.

The aerial application of malathion over large urban populations in Southern California during the early 1990s raised concerns about adverse health effects, including the potential to cause genetic damage. Workers in the Mediterranean fruit fly eradication program, which involved application of malathion as ground treatment, were studied to examine micronucleus formation and mutation frequencie...