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Typical rat poison bait station (Germany, 2010) Rodenticides are chemicals made and sold for the purpose of killing rodents. While commonly referred to as "rat poison", rodenticides are also used to kill mice, woodchucks, chipmunks, porcupines, nutria, beavers, [1] and voles. [2]
In one report, a woman deliberately consumed over 1.5 kg (3 lb) of rat bait, constituting about 75 mg brodifacoum, but made a full recovery after receiving conventional medical treatment. [ 21 ] In another case reported in 2013, a 48-year-old female patient reported 4 days of mild dyspnea , dry cough, bilateral popliteal fossae pain, and ...
Tetramethylenedisulfotetramine (TETS) is an organic compound used as a rodenticide (rat poison). [2] It is an odorless, tasteless white powder that is slightly soluble in water, DMSO and acetone, and insoluble in methanol and ethanol. It is a sulfamide derivative. It can be synthesized by reacting sulfamide with formaldehyde solution in ...
Warning label on a tube of rat poison containing bromadiolone on a dike of the Scheldt river in Steendorp, Belgium. Bromadiolone is a potent anticoagulant rodenticide.It is a second-generation 4-hydroxycoumarin derivative and vitamin K antagonist, often called a "super-warfarin" for its added potency and tendency to accumulate in the liver of the poisoned organism.
New York City's fight against rats has entered the furry beasts' bedrooms, with the City Council approving a measure to lace rat traps with rodent birth control.
The law will place a permanent moratorium on a rat poison that unintentionally also kills predators, such as mountain lions, coyotes and other animals. New law will ban rat poison that was harmful ...
In the rat bait pellets, mouse bait pellets, place packs, and wedge baits, the active ingredient was brodifacoum, typically at 0.005% concentration. [21] In contrast, earlier d-CON products that used warfarin had 0.5% concentration. [5] In the refillable and disposable bait stations, the active ingredient was diphacinone. [22]
Diphenadione is a vitamin K antagonist that has anticoagulant effects and is used as a rodenticide against rats, mice, voles, ground squirrels and other rodents. The chemical compound is an anti-coagulant with active half-life longer than warfarin and other synthetic 1,3-indandione anticoagulants.