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aluminum phosphide

03/15/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Tragic: Four children die after poisonous pesticide is sprayed under their mobile home

Aluminum phosphide, commonly known as Fumitoxin, is a cheap, freely available pesticide used to control rodents in agricultural areas. It reacts to the addition of moisture to create phosphine gas when dropped into rodent burrows. The EPA has classified it as Toxicity Category 1, a “restricted use pesticide.” It can only be applied by applicators […]

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