Temik, the active ingredient is aldicarb, is a pesticide now owned and manufactured by Bayer CropScience, but was formerly owned and produced by the now infamous Union Carbide. It is used as a pesticide to protect a range of edible and inedible agricultural and horticultural crops worldwide. One of its precursors, methyl isothiocyanate, was involved in a mass poisoning incident at a production facility in Bhopal, India, that resulted in hundreds of deaths. (When owned and produced by Union Carbide and which event precipitated the sale and eventual demise of that company). This subtance is a carbamate with strucural formula: 2-methyl-2-(methylthio)propionaldehyde O-methylcarbamoyloxime. ... An airplane spreading pesticide. ...

In the summer of 1985, a more minor incident involving nearly 1000 people in the western United States and Canada were poisoned by residue of Temik in watermelons. Their symptoms included nausea, vomiting, blurred vision and muscle weakness. Although no one died, some of the victims were seriously ill and two women later gave birth to stillborn babies. This incident received far more press coverage in North America. 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Binomial name Citrullus lanatus (Thunb. ...

It remains an extremely effective material where resistence to organophosphate insecticides is found and is extremely important in potato production where it is used for the control of soil borne nematodes. It is manufactured and used as a granular material because of its high level of dermal toxicity. Its weakness is its high level of solubility which restricts its use in many crops.