Insecticide
Symptoms
Symptoms of pyrethrin poisoning:
- Lungs and airways
- Breathing difficulty
- Nervous system
- Skin
- Irritation
- Redness or swelling
Symptoms of organophosphate or carbamate poisoning:
- Bladder and kidneys
- Increased urination
- Eyes, ears, nose, and throat
- Increased salivation (drooling)
- Increased tearing
- Small pupils
- Gastrointestinal
- Abdominal cramps
- Diarrhea
- Loss of appetite
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Heart and blood
- Slow heart rate
- Lungs and airways
- Breathing difficulty
- Nervous system
- Skin
Note: Serious poisoning can occur from just touching the organophosphate without gloves or without washing hands soon after exposure. Large amounts of the chemical soak through the skin unless you are protected. Life-threatening paralysis and death can occur very quickly.
Symptoms of paradichlorobenzene poisoning:
- Gastrointestinal
- Abdominal pain
- Diarrhea
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Muscles
Note: Paradichlorobenzene mothballs are not very toxic. They have replaced the more toxic camphor and naphthalene types.
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