Definition of "carbamate" []

• A salt or an ester of carbamic acid, especially one used as an insecticide. (noun)

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• "The state-run Xinhua news agency said police in the northeastern province of Jilin found traces of the toxic pesticide carbamate in partially consumed bottles of the drink recovered from a local hospital where the victims sought treatment."
• "Police in Jilin found traces of the toxic pesticide carbamate after testing partially consumed bottles of the drink recovered from a local hospital where victims sought treatment, the state-run Xinhua news agency said."
• "To contain the existing problem military personnel thoroughly sprayed the decaying animals with the insecticides methyl carbamate and "Baygon" (a propxur produced by Bayer, the aspirin makers); "Sevin" (a carbaryl produced by Aventis, a French company and smallpox vaccine maker that donated close to $2 million to the Bush camp in 2000); and "Lannate" (a methomyl produced by the chemical making machine DuPont)."