Organophosphates are chemicals that serve as the basis of many insecticides, herbicides, and nerve gases.
Organophosphates include parathion, malathion, methyl parathion, chlorpyrifos, diazinon, dichlorvos, phosmet, tetrachlorvinphos, and azinphos methyl.
They are highly neurotoxic at low levels of exposure and act as endocrine disruptors.