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· Formulation: increases stability but emulsifiers often also have synergistic or additive effects (e.g. sesame, soya or castor oil, piperonyl butoxide etc.).
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When applied with 100 ppm of synergist (either fenoxycarb or piperonyl butoxide), the resultant toxicity was improved by factors of 1. 5-2, and 4, respectively.
Chapter 7 1994
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Medications containing pyrethrins with piperonyl (RID) also work well for lice and are safer.
Chapter 22 1993
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Often comes as a liquid solution containing pyrethrins and piperonyl butoxide.
Chapter 31 1993
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In experiments in Virginia, for example, neem-seed extracts (at relatively low concentrations of 0.4 percent, 0.8 percent, and 1.2 percent) were tested in potato fields both with and without the synergist piperonyl butoxide
5 Effects on Insects 1992
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Among these so-called "promoters" are sesame oil, pyrethrins (a type of insecticide mostly extracted from chrysanthemum flowers, see sidebar page 91), and piperonyl butoxide.
4 What's in a Neem 1992
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On the first day, she applied a bedbug and flea insecticide, Hot Shot Bedbug and Flea Killer, with active ingredients pyrethrins and piperonyl butoxide, to her hair.
NYT > Home Page By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS 2011
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About two days later, insecticides were reapplied to the mattress, box springs and surrounding areas and nine cans of another fogger, Hot Shot Bedbug and Flea Fogger, in which the active ingredients were pyrethrins, piperonyl butoxide, MGK 264 and pyriproxyfen, were released into the home.
NYT > Home Page By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS 2011
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Recommended non perscription option: A lice-killing lotion containing 1% permethrin or a mousse containing pyrethrins and piperonyl butoxide can be used to treat pubic ( "crab") lice.
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But environmental groups and others sharply criticized the county again Tuesday, saying the spraying of the pesticide Scourge, which contains resmethrin and piperonyl butoxide, posed a health hazard.
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