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Acute fatal poisoning cases due to furathiocarb ingestion.

Forensic science international (1999-06-22)
S K Lee, K Ameno, S W In, W K Yang, K S Koo, Y C Yoo, T Kubota, S Ameno, I Ijiri
ABSTRACT

Seven cases involving acute fatalities due to ingestion of furathiocarb, a carbamate insecticide, are presented. Furathiocarb was detected in the gastric contents using thin layer chromatography (TLC) and gas chromatography/mass spectrophotometry (GC/MS), and quantified in the blood using a gas chromatograph equipped with a nitrogen-phosphorus detector (NPD). The fatal levels of furathiocarb in the blood ranged from 0.1 to 21.6 micrograms/ml.

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Supelco
Furathiocarb, PESTANAL®, analytical standard