Is deltamethrin toxic to people?

Deltamethrin is one of the most virulent pyrethroids insecticides, which has the effects of contact and stomach toxicity, rapid contact killing, strong knockdown power, no fumigation and internal absorption, and has repellent effect on some pests at high concentration. So is deltamethrin toxic to people?

Is deltamethrin toxic to people?

Cypermethrin belongs to toxic category. Skin contact can cause irritation symptoms and red papules. Acute poisoning, mild headache, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, fatigue, serious cases can also appear muscle bundle tremor and convulsions. It has an irritating effect on human skin and eye mucosa and is highly toxic to fish and bees. Insects that are resistant to DDT show cross-resistance to deltamethrin.

II. Usage

Control of agricultural pests, mainly using EC to spray water, used in cotton, vegetables, fruit trees, tea trees, oil crops, tobacco, sugar cane, dry grain, trees, flowers and other crops Control various aphids, cotton bollworm, cotton bollworm, cabbage worm, diamondback moth, Spodoptera litura, beet armyworm, yellow melon, yellow striped beetle, peach heart borer, pear heart borer, peach borer, citrus leaf moth, tea inchworm, tea caterpillar, diamondback moth, soybean heart borer, bean pod borer, bean moth, bean diamondback moth, sesame borer, sesame borer, vegetable powder butterfly, zebra butterfly, tobacco green worm, sugarcane borer, wheat field armyworm, A forest caterpillar, caterpillar, etc. Generally, the active ingredient is 0.51g per mu. Insecticides should be applied to boring pests before the larvae enter the plant.

To control warehouse pests, EC is mainly used to spray water and disinfect raw grain and seeds, which generally lasts for about half a year. It is strictly forbidden to use it in commercial granaries and commercial grain. Spray method is generally used for insect prevention and disinfection of empty warehouses, equipment, means of transport and packaging materials.

To control sanitary pests, water is mainly sprayed with wettable powder, or brushed to deal with the surface of sanitary pest activities and habitats. Cockroaches can also be trapped and killed with poison bait. EC is not allowed to control sanitary pests.

III. Scope of application

Deltamethrin is widely used in crops. It can be widely used in cruciferous vegetables, melon vegetables, legume vegetables, eggplant vegetables, asparagus, rice, wheat, corn, sorghum, rape, peanuts, soybeans, sugar beets, sugar cane, flax, sunflowers, alfalfa, cotton, tobacco, tea trees, apples, pears, peaches, plums, dates, persimmons, grapes, chestnuts, citrus, bananas, litchi, du fruits, trees, flowers, Chinese herbal plants, grasslands and other plants.

Deltamethrin may be inhaled, ingested or absorbed through the skin, so you must pay attention to protection in the process of eating.