2,4-D ( 2,4 Dichlorophenoxy acetic acid) is one of the oldest and most widely available herbicides of chlorophenoxy group used to kill broad-leafed weeds.
It's wide availability has resulted in sporadic poisoning incidents in North Rift counties and probably other agricultural zones.
Chlorophenoxy compounds are well absorbed orally. large ingestions may be fatal.
2,4D is extensively protein bound and hence eliminated slowly (half-life >13hrs)
The herbicide is mostly excreted unchanged in urine through a saturable secretory pathway. Thus, Kidney function is an important limiting step in its elimination.
Being acidic, 2,4D excretion . . .
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