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Too bad the guy’s first name wasn’t Lester.
This is really important. As far as organophosphate nerve agents are concerned, there is not a whole lot of difference between an insects nervous system and that of a human.
Malathion, a common pesticide that Jerry Brown sprayed on a lot of southern California, is one of the least toxic of these chemicals, as far as *immediate* lethality goes. However, long term effects are unknown.
The acute LD50 (lethal dose for 50% of a group) of Malathion ranges between 1522mg and 1945mg/kg of body weight. To apply that to humans, a dose of 5 oz. would be fatal to a chemically sensitive human of 70kg (154lbs).
Parathion, the agricultural pesticide, invented by IG Farben in the 1940s, is so deadly that crop dusters must wear “space suits” with independent oxygen supplies.
The equivalent toxic dose of Parathion in humans is one tenth of an ounce. Military strength agents are much more potent.
Thanks decimon.