Carbamates are used as insecticides, nematicides, and aracides to control pests on agricultural crops and to control lawn and garden insects. Their toxicity comes from their ability to act as cholinesterase inhibitors. Residues of several carbamates have been found in groundwater in a number of states.1,2 Two of the target compounds in this method—carbofuran and oxamyl—are regulated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.3
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Standard Methods Committee of the American Public Health Association, American Water Works Association, and Water Environment Federation. 6610 carbamate pesticides
In: Standard Methods For the Examination of Water and Wastewater. Lipps WC, Baxter TE, Braun-Howland E, editors. Washington DC: APHA Press.
DOI: 10.2105/SMWW.2882.129