Talk:Malathion
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[edit] Skeletal formula wrong?
The skeletal formula is wrong. It lacks the two methyl groups attached to the Oxygen atoms at left. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.231.135.83 (talk) 02:37, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
- No, it's not wrong. The methyl groups are there - look.
[edit] Chronic toxicity?
In regards to malathion and chronic poisoning, there is no evidence for this. http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/MHMI/mmg154.html
Fixed up this whole paragraph in an attempt to make it neutral, and not avoid facts that are given in the references.
"Complete recovery generally occurs within 10 days unless severe lack of oxygen has caused residual brain damage. CNS effects such as confusion, fatigue, irritability, nervousness, and impairment of memory can occasionally last for several weeks. There is no evidence that malathion induces delayed neurotoxicity.
Chronic Exposure
Persistent weakness and impaired memory have been reported to occur from low-level exposures to some organophosphates in the absence of acute cholinergic effects, but there is no reliable information on adverse health effects of chronic exposure to malathion."
The reason I removed this statement in the first place is it seems to be deliberately written in an overly alarming way. corvus.ag (talk) 16:28, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
I just finished up making another change to this article. The reference cited to support the whole thing with malathion killing lobsters was grossly taken out of context, apparently in an attempt to support anti-pesticide views. (Thanks to the anonymous editor for finding this). I think everything in this article is of neutral POV now, but I'll be going through more stuff over the next couple of weeks when I have time to make sure.--corvus.ag (talk) 14:45, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
Malathion is listed on the Head louse page, shouldn't there be a link to it from here? --24.46.164.83 22:00, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
Thinking it as a toothpaste... I mistakenly ate approx 25g of prioderm containing 10% maldison. Can anyone help me figure out if I would have any toxic effect from this act.
I am paranoid about it. Is there any antidote available for this.
Aucklander
- I would suggest that, if you're being truthful, you contact a physician immediately. – ClockworkSoul 14:42, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
In 1995 I was caught in Pesticide drift near the town of San Miguel, 13 miles south of Las Cruces. I suffered "asthma-like" symptoms, over the years, my lungs have become scarred and pitted, and I was recently hospitalized for a non-related illness when tests indicated I had developed emphysema. I am a non-smoker, had been very active and athletic, and Malathion has pretty much destroyed my quality of life. I believe it should be banned. In the area where it was being sprayed in 1995, children were going to the emergency room with respiratory difficulties, there was a run on meds for "allergies" and I was hospitalized overnight after hemorraging a cup and a half of blood from the ruptured bronchii. It was horrifying, especially when hospital personnel insisted there was "no pesticide problem in the 'clean air' city of Las Cruces, New Mexico, so therefore, I must have either asthma or heart trouble. (I didn't have either) Nor did I have ulcers. A bronchoscopy showed beginning damage that seems to have solidified into what is how emphysema. maya.nolastname@gmail.com. I am not happy about the reckless spraying of toxins that are killing our fish, wildlife, trees, and us. This nonsense that a few may die "for the sake of the whole" is insane.
- And I would suggest you consult a lawyer immediately, rather than post your (unsigned) experience here... Freestyle-69 (talk) 22:47, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
