true or false Generally speaking, carbamates have less mammalian toxicity than organic phosphates.

true or false Generally speaking, carbamates have less mammalian toxicity than organic phosphates.

Answer

true

This is because organophosphate inhibition is irreversible lasting months whereas clinical effects of carbamates last little more than 24hrs

Explanation

This is because the carbamates are considered to be safer than OP insecticides that irreversibly inhibit AChE causing more severe cholinergic poisoning. In general it is recorded that cholinesterase inhibition are similar for both carbamate and organophosphate poisoning, blood cholinesterase returns to safe levels much more quickly after exposure to CMs than after OP exposure which is the reason as to why carbamates have less mammalian toxicity than organic phosphates