What does OP stand for?

Organophosphate (insecticide)

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Science, medicine, engineering, etc.

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Samples in periodicals archive:

He said: 'The only connection I can derive from there is the organophosphate.

Are you breathing poison aboard jets?

Diazinon is a common name of an organophosphate insecticide used to control pests in soil, crops and fruit and vegetable plants.

Risky pesticide sales continue

The first deadlines are in October, when the agency is supposed to finalize three biological opinions on organophosphate pesticides.

Pesticides' effects to be studied; Lawsuit settlement; Federal ...

Treatments for acute organophosphate poisoning focus on stopping the buildup of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine at nerve endings.

In search of a chlorpyrifos antidote; Mechanisms offer clues

In 1999, Washington apple growers used eight so-called organophosphate insecticides in their orchards to battle pests.

Fruit growers urged to change pesticides

The VMD decision leaves the sheep industry with severely limited options when tending to the animal welfare of their flocks and may force farmers to use organophosphate sheep dips instead.

Sheep dip ban leaves farmers with a problem

Some of the same researchers had earlier found evidence that switching a child to an organic diet reduces organophosphate concentrations in the body (SN: 2/22/03, p.

Organic choice: pesticides vanish from body after change in diet

Fenthion or other organophosphate pesticides were responsible for all of the eagle deaths, the department said.

Willamette Valley eagles poisoned