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Malathion: MAK Value Documentation, addendum - Translation of the German version from 2024
1Institute of Applied Biosciences, Department of Food Chemistry and Toxicology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Adenauerring 20a, Building 50.41 76131 Karlsruhe Germany.
Abstract:
Malathion [121-75-5] is not approved in Germany either as a head lice treatment or in pesticides. In the EU the approval is temporarily limited until 2023. The previous MAK Value documentation and addenda do not reflect the current data situation of the substance. The MAK Commissiondecided that a new evaluation is not of high priority. The MAK value and the other classifications are therefore suspended and the substance is listed in the Section II c of the List of MAK and BAT Values for substances no longer evaluated.
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