Rotenone is notorious for its lack of degradation, and copper sticks around for a long, long time.

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Studies have shown that copper sulfate, pyrethrins, and rotenone all can be detected on plants after harvest for copper sulfate and rotenone, those levels exceeded safe limits.

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