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Acephate
Level 3 — ContestedIn Winter's Dictionary
Acephate is a pesticide residue — Contact and systemic pesticide on growing crops
Also: O-S-Dimethyl Acetylphospheramidothioate
What it does
Contact and systemic pesticide on growing crops
Where you'll see it
Cottonseed meal applied to growing crops
What the research says
Systemic pesticide; toxicity data not given by Winter but tolerance levels indicate regulated residue concerns
Regulatory status
- Notes: FDA tolerance 8 ppm in cottonseed and 4 ppm in soybean meal
Sources
- A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives (Winter): A contact and systemic pesticide found in cottonseed meal applied to growing crops