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Dichlorvos

Level 5 — High concernIn Winter's Dictionary

Dichlorvos is a pesticide residue — Organophosphate insecticide

Also: DDVP, Vapona

What it does

Organophosphate insecticide

Where you'll see it

Animal feed (delayed release strips); pet flea collars

What the research says

Ingesting large doses causes nausea, vomiting, restlessness, sweating, muscle tremors; very large doses coma, inability to breathe, death. Animal studies showed pancreas cancer, leukemia, stomach cancer. DHHS, IARC, and EPA determined dichlorvos is a probable cancer-causing agent in humans.

Regulatory status

  • US FDA: BAN
  • Notes: EPA in 1994 revoked use in food packaging

Sources

  • A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives (Winter): the EPA have determined that dichlorvos is a probable cancer-causing agent in humans