How to Use organophosphate in a Sentence

organophosphate

noun

• The most commonly used type of nerve agents are chemicals known as organophosphates.
  — Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | AAAS, 22 Jan. 2020
• The treatments have become more common as the use of organophosphate pesticides, which can be more toxic to birds and animals, has been scaled back.
  — Ann Carrns, New York Times, 14 July 2017
• The alkyl chloride and organophosphate precursors are toxic, but not nearly to the degree of VX, which was developed in the 1950s for chemical warfare and is the most potent of all nerve agents.
  — Ben Otto, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2017
• The chemical is an organophosphate, a class of chemicals originally designed as a nerve agent weapon.
  — Geoffrey Mohan, latimes.com, 18 Aug. 2017
• Lying on the table and breathing in fresh air, Killingsworth thought back to the morning seven years ago when his office was sprayed with Dursban, a potent organophosphate pesticide that has been banned for indoor use since 2000.
  — Jill Neimark, Discover Magazine, 10 Dec. 2013
• Back home in Denver, their doctors wondered whether they’d been exposed to organophosphates — chemicals most often used in pesticides.
  — Stephie Grob Plante, Vox, 26 June 2019
• Organophosphates work by interfering with the activities of an enzyme that is essential to the nervous systems of insects and humans.
  — Susan Scutti, CNN, 9 June 2017
• The medical team realized that the pair were exhibiting symptoms typical of organophosphate poisoning — the substance used in pesticides and in nerve agents.
  — William Booth, Washington Post, 29 May 2018
• Some require as little as 6 grams per hectare, compared with several kilograms of the older organophosphate and carbonate pesticides.
  — Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 1 Apr. 2021
• That compound likely would have been a sulfur-containing organophosphate, from a group of compounds commonly used in insecticides.
  — Ben Otto, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2017
• Although some of these symptoms are common with other nervous system disruptions, doctors are taught to look for these symptoms together as a sign of exposure to organophosphates.
  — Martin Boland, Scientific American, 14 Mar. 2018
• They could be made with commercially available organophosphates used in fertilizer.
  — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 13 Mar. 2018
• However, use of the organophosphate pesticide continued in the nearby agricultural region of the Salinas Valley.
  — Mercury News Readers, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2017
• Other organophosphates have been linked to developmental delays in children.
  — Jenny Staletovich, miamiherald, 16 June 2017
• The precursor identified during the trial indicates a different chemical pathway to VX: mixing it with the organophosphate in a reaction that doesn’t require heat.
  — Ben Otto, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2017
• Primarily, the concern has to do with organophosphate insecticides that the EWG says can impact children's cognitive development, and has been largely banned overseas.
  — Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 17 Mar. 2021
• Sarin and other organophosphates that lack an amine group may trigger a lasting neurotoxic syndrome with symptoms such as nightmares, memory deficits, muscle weakness, and depression.
  — Richard Stone, Science | AAAS, 19 Mar. 2018
• Farmers have responded to rising demand for organic produce and to concerns about organophosphate pesticides.
  — Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 15 May 2017
• Toxicology reports of the Canadian victims confirmed the presence of pyrethroid and organophosphate - two agents commonly found in fumigation products.
  — Barnini Chakraborty, Fox News, 20 Sep. 2019
• According to medical records included in the lawsuit their family doctors suspected the couple had been exposed to organophosphates, chemicals often found in pesticides.
  — Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com, 7 June 2019
• The type of spasms associated with organophosphate poisoning are somewhat diagnostic.
  — Martin Boland, Scientific American, 14 Mar. 2018
• Dr. Engel has published research showing that exposure to organophosphates during pregnancy may impair cognitive development in children.
  — Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 15 May 2017
• Current scientific literature indicates that organophosphate poisoning can lead to respiratory failure in some cases.
  — Stephie Grob Plante, Vox, 26 June 2019

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024