Question

As with nerve gases, which type of pesticides act on the nervous system of insects and higher organisms by disrupting the transmission of nerve impulses?

Answer 1

The correct answer is organophosphates.

Explanation:

Herbicides, pesticides, and insecticides have organophosphates as a major chemical component in them. these chemical components are used to kill insects and pests.

Inhaling, ingesting or in contact with outer skin or inside the body with the organophosphates can cause inhibition of cholinesterase. Cholinesterase is an enzyme found in a nervous system that degrades acetylcholine.

Thus, the correct answer is organophosphates.