Permethrin

Permethrin is a pesticide used in clothing marketed to repel insects. It has been found in sewage sludge.

Related SourceWatch articles

 * Biosolids
 * Sewage sludge
 * Food Rights Network

External resources

 * Permethrin Treated Clothing, National Pesticide Information Center.

External articles

 * Ellen Z. Harrison, Summer Rayne Oakes, Matthew Hysell, and Anthony Hay, Organic chemicals in sewage sludges, Science of the Total Environment, April 18, 2006.
 * P.W.W. Kirk, H.R. Rogers, and J.N. Lester, The fate of chlorobenzenes and permethrins during anaerobic sewage sludge digestion, Chemosphere, 1989.