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Why You Should Stop Using Insecticides (snipper) Indoors by Didib: 1:06am On Mar 20, 2019 |
Health experts have raised concerns over the indiscriminate use of Sniper pesticide in the control of mosquitoes, cockroaches and other household insects, warning on its dangerous effects, especially to respiratory organs and even carcinogenic risks.Sniper, is a DDVP, 2,2-Dichlorovinyl dimethyl phosphatecompound, marketed in Nigeria by Swiss-Nigerian Chemical Company, as a synthetic organophosphorus but which many Nigerians have converted to an indoor insecticide.A person may be exposed to the associated risk of DDVP through inhalation, absorption via the skin, ingestion, and eye contact.According to CDC, effects of exposure may include irritation of eyes, skin; miosis, ache eyes; rhinorrhea (discharge of thin nasal mucus); headache; chest tightness, wheezing, laryngeal spasm, salivation; cyanosis; anorexia, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea; sweating; muscle fasciculation, paralysis, dizziness, ataxia; convulsions; low blood pressure, cardiac irregularity. more @ https://www.yenloaded.com.ng/2019/03/why-you-should-stop-using-insecticides.html |
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