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Ethion

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Formula
  
C9H22O4P2S4

Molar mass
  
384.48 g/mol

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Appearance
  
Colorless to amber-colored, odorless liquid

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Ethion (C9H22O4P2S4) is an organophosphate insecticide. Ethion is known to affect a neural enzyme called acetylcholinesterase and prevent it from working.

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Ethion was one of many substances that were approved for use based on data from Industrial Bio-Test Laboratories, which prompted the Food and Agriculture Organization and World Health Organization to recommend its reanalysis in 1982.

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