The New England Journal of Medicine

Oral Occupational Parathion Poisoning Treated with 2-PAM Iodide (2-Pyridine Aldoxime Methiodide)

OCCUPATIONAL poisonings in agricultural workers caused by organic phosphorus insecticides have become fairly common since the compounds were introduced. These compounds are potent cholinesterase ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Parathion Poisoning Successfully Treated with 2-PAM (Pralidoxime Chloride)

SINCE the report of Kewitz, Wilson and Nachmansohn, 1 a considerable literature has appeared on the action of 2-PAM (2-pyridinealdoxime methiodide) as an agent that will regenerate cholinesterase ...
Science Daily

Filtering out pesticides with genetically modified bacteria

Genetically modified bacteria could be used in air filters to extract pesticide vapors from polluted air, new research shows. Genetically modified bacteria could be used in air filters to extract ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Degradation of Synthetic Organic Molecules in the Biosphere: Natural, Pesticidal, and Various Other Man-Made Compounds

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Corp Watch

Bayer Sued for Pesticide Deaths in Peru

LIMA, Peru -- On Monday October 22, 2001, two years to the day after 24 children in the remote Andean village of Tauccamarca were killed and 18 more severely poisoned when they drank a powdered milk ...