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level: FUNGICIDES & RODENTICIDES

Questions and Answers List

Question	Answer
o Broad spectrum protectant fungicide o POTENT EYE IRRITANT but only mild irritants therefore they CAN CAUSE BLINDNESS o Know as human carcinogen	Captan and Folpet
Chronic exposures causes HYPERTROPHY (increase in the size of skeletal muscle) HYPERPLASIA (enlargement of particular organ or tissue)	Dithiocarbamates -Maneb, -Ziram, -Zoned
Dithiocarbamates DERIVATIVES	-Maneb, -Ziram, -Zoned
widely used fungicide, has low or mild toxicity, sometimes do not cause toxicity	Copper sulfate (Inorganic and Organometal Fungicides)
can cause REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY & ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION FUNGICIDE	Triphenyltin acetate (Inorganic and Organometal Fungicides)
High mammalian toxicity particularly damaging the CNS & HEART Initial GI symptoms are followed by SEVERE CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS (ventricular tachycardia, fibrillation, hypotension) and CNS EFFECTS (agitation, coma, convulsions) FUNGICIDE	Fluoroacetic acid and its derivatives -Sodium fluoroacetate and -Fluoroacetamide
Excessive consumption can CAUSE BLEEDING OR HEMORRHAGE FUNGICIDE (significant number of suicide or homicides attempts or even accidental consumption)	Warfarin