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- noun chemistry A highly
toxic carbamate pesticide used onfield crops .
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Examples
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Locals, frustrated by lions killing their livestock, have taken to poisoning the great cats using a common pesticide in Kenya called carbofuran, known commercially as Furadan.
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Herders living on the fringe of parks such as the Masai Mara are said to be using a tasteless and odourless chemical known as carbofuran, which, when eaten by animals, leads first to paralysis and then death over the course of 24 to 36 hours.
Signs of the Times 2009
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The EPA is in the process of banning uses of carbofuran, which is sold under various trade names including Furadan.
unknown title 2009
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Application of pesticides such as carbofuran to crops can result in as many as 17 bird kills for every five acres treated, the Center says.
ENS 2010
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Application of pesticides such as carbofuran to crops can result in as many as 17 bird kills for every five acres treated, the Center says.
ENS 2010
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Application of pesticides such as carbofuran to crops can result in as many as 17 bird kills for every five acres treated, the Center says.
ENS 2010
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Restrictions on the use of some highly toxic chemicals such as carbofuran in the United States has almost certainly reduced the level of acute risk to birds
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles John P. McCarty et al. 2009
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A recent U.S. Environmental Protection Agency S.ientific Advisory Panel noted that information about the temporal pattern of feeding was a key variable for understanding exposure to and risk from pesticides, especially pesticides that are rapidly metabolized such as carbofuran
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles John P. McCarty et al. 2009
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Kenyan conservationists are making gains in their push to have Furadan, a carbofuran-based pesticide that has so far caused the death of 76 lions, banned in the country.
Global Voices in English » Kenyans Race to Get Furadan Banned 2009
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Furadan, or carbofuran, made by the Philadelphia-based company FMC Corporation, is exceedingly toxic.
Diane Dulken: The Fall and Potential Rise of Africa's Lion Populations 2010
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