"' Cypermethrin "'is a synthetic pyrethroid used as an insecticide in large-scale commercial agricultural applications as well as in consumer products for domestic purposes.
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It also plays a key role helping to prevent the buildup in insect pests of resistance to organophosphate and pyrethroid pesticides, which is a growing problem in parts of Europe.
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Then in 1992, there were reports of infestations in commercial cornfields that were far from any pyrethroid-treated areas, including Lake County, Ind ., south of Gary.
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More than a hundred suspected cases are being investigated by New York health officials who are fighting the outbreak by killing mosquitoes with conventional sprays of the powerful insecticides malathion and pyrethroid.
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He said health officials in Africa are considering plans such as providing mothers of infants with the nets and a small sack of pyrethroid insecticide when they leave clinics after having their babies.
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This is done by emptying containers of water or by adding insecticides or biological control agents to these areas, although spraying with organophosphate or pyrethroid insecticides is not thought to be effective.
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PBO has an important public health role as a synergist used in pyrethrins and pyrethroid formulations used for mosquito control ( e . g . space sprays, surface sprays and bed nets ).
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A recent study, however, suggests that developing mice exposed to deltamethrin ( a pyrethroid pesticide ) show neurological and behavioral changes resembling Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder ( ADHD ) in humans.
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Among the pyrethroid-based products available in home and garden centers are Ortho Bug-Be-Gone Ready Spray, Bayer Advanced Powerforce Multi-Insect Killer and Spectracide Triazicide Soil and Turf Insect Killer.
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Vietnam has enjoyed declining malaria cases and a 97 % mortality reduction after switching in 1991 from a poorly funded DDT-based campaign to a program based on prompt treatment, bednets and pyrethroid group insecticides.
