Uses:

This chemical is used as an insecticide, pediculicide, scabicide, ectoparasiticide and a pesticide. It is also used as a foliar spray and soil application for insecticidal control of a broad spectrum of phyto- phagous and soil dwelling insects, animal ectoparasites and public health pests. It is used on ornamentals, fruit trees, nut trees, vegetables, tobacco and timber. This chemical is found in baits and seed treatments for rodent control. It acts as a stomach and contact poison and has some fumigant action. It has been of value in the control of malaria and other vector-borne diseases and in the control of grasshoppers, cotton insects, rice insects, wireworms and other soil pests. It is used in pet shampoo to maintain the natural luster of the coat and aid in the prevention of ticks, lice and sarcoptic mange mites. It is also used on patients in the treatment of head and crab lice and their ova. Urinary antiseptic agent. Rubber accelerator and formaldehyde liberator. In the production of phenol-formaldehyde resins. Preservative in cosmetic products. Epoxy curing agent. Corrosion inhibitor for steel (hexamine). ABCD.