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This is poisoning caused by swallowing or breathing in insecticide, a type of bug killer.

See also: paradichlorobenzene

Most household bug sprays contain chemicals called pyrethrins. (These chemicals are generally non-harmful, but can cause life-threatening breathing problems if breathed in.)  

Industrial insecticides, often found in household garages and greenhouse, contain many dangerous materials, including:

• Organophosphates (including actellic, delnav, guthion, lorsban/dursban)
• Carbamates (baygon, furadan, lannate, sevin/carbaryl, temik)
• Paradichlorobenzenes (mothballs)

Various insecticides (bug killers)

Review Date: 05/17/2006
Reviewed By: Janeen R. Azare, PhD, MSPH, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.