tetramethrin

On the same day, the report said, nine cases of an insecticide fogger, Hot Shot Fogger, in which the active ingredients are tetramethrin and cypermethrin, were released in their home.

NYT > Home Page By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS 2011

“It’s a pretty good bet it’s a safe product if it’s on that list,” says John Kepner with Beyond Pesticides, a not-for-profit group based in Washington, D.C. Today, the most commonly used synthetic residential insecticides fall into a broad category called pyrethroids — common names include permethrin, cypermethrin and tetramethrin — which are essentially juiced up, longer-lasting human-made versions of the natural chrysanthemum “pyrethrins” used in some natural products.

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