Look up Sevin on wikipedia. You won't want to touch the container, never mind use it on an animal. Here is some of what is there.
Carbaryl (1-naphthyl methylcarbamate) is a chemical in the
carbamate family used chiefly as an
insecticide. It is a white crystalline solid commonly sold under the brand name
Sevin, a trademark of the
Bayer Company.
Union Carbide discovered carbaryl and introduced it commercially in 1958. Bayer purchased Aventis CropScience in 2002, a company that included Union Carbide pesticide operations. It remains the third most-used insecticide in the United States for home
gardens, commercial agriculture, and forestry and rangeland protection. Approximately 11 million kilograms were applied to U.S. farm crops in 1976.
[1] As a
veterinary drug, it is known as
carbaril (
INN)
Risk[edit source | editbeta]
Carbaryl kills both targeted (e.g. malaria-carrying mosquitos) and beneficial insects (e.g.
honeybees), as well as crustaceans.
Although approved for more than 100 crops in the US, carbaryl is illegal in several countries, including the United Kingdom, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Iran, Germany, and Angola.
[3]
Carbaryl is often produced using
methyl isocyanate (MIC) as an intermediary. A leak of MIC used in the production of carbaryl caused the
Bhopal disaster, the largest industrial accident in history. This accident caused around 11,000 deaths and over 500,000 injuries.
Safety[edit source | editbeta]
Carbaryl is a
cholinesterase inhibitor and is toxic to humans. It is classified as a likely human
carcinogen by the
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA.)
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