Phosmet

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Phosmet is a non-systemic, organophosphate insecticide used on plants and animals. It is highly toxic to bees.

It is on the US Emergency Planning List of Extremely Hazardous Substances.

Mark Purdey has made the controversial suggestion that it may have played a key role in the epidemic of BSE.

[edit] References

• Purdey M. High-dose exposure to systemic phosmet insecticide modifies the phosphatidylinositol anchor on the prion protein: the origins of new variant transmissible spongiform encephalopathies? Med Hypotheses 1998;50:91-111. PMID 9572563.

[edit] External links

• US Environmental Protection Agency Page on Phosmet
• Toxicology of Phosmet
• Phosmet Safety Card
• Links to external chemical sources.