Abstract
Dithiocarbamate pesticides form an important class of organic fungicides used all over the world to control many diseases in a variety of crops. They are of low acute toxicity, but some of these compounds, namely the ethylenebisdithiocarbamates (EBDCs) (maneb, zineb, mancozeb, metiram, and nabam), can decompose to give ethylenethiourea (imidazolidine-2-thione, ETU) (Fig. 1).
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Lentza-Rizos, C. (1990). Ethylenethiourea (ETU) in Relation to Use of Ethylenebisdithiocarbamate (EBDC) Fungicides. In: Ware, G.W. (eds) Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, vol 115. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3416-6_1
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