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Heptachlor is an
organochlorine compound that was used as an insecticide.
Usually sold as a
white or tan powder,
heptachlor is one of the
cyclodiene insecticides...
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easily and
cheaply produced. The
chlorine atoms, 7 in the case of
heptachlor, 8 in chlordane, and 9 in the case of nonachlor,
surround and stabilize...
- the
Stockholm Convention include aldrin, chlordane, dieldrin, endrin,
heptachlor, HCB, mirex, toxaphene, PCBs, DDT, dioxins, and
polychlorinated dibenzofurans...
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least until some
research had been done to
determine the
effects of
heptachlor and
dieldrin on wild and
domestic animals and to find the
minimum amount...
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stated "
Heptachlor, though, is even more
toxic and has been
given a 'zero tolerance' by the FDA; that is, not even the
slightest trace of
heptachlor is permitted...
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consumption correlates with a
higher risk,
possibly due to
contaminants like
heptachlor epoxide.
Although the
connection is unclear,
melanoma diagnosis is ****ociated...
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Chlorinated cyclodienes include aldrin, dieldrin, endrin,
heptachlor,
chlordane and endosulfan. A 2- to 8-hour
exposure leads to depressed...
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Aldrin Banned by US EPA in 1974.
Dieldrin Banned by US EPA in 1974.
Heptachlor Lindane, BHC
Banned in California.
Banned for
agricultural use in the...
- Source:
Aldrin Chlordane Chlordecone DDT
Dieldrin Endosulfan Endrin Heptachlor Hexachlorobenzene Lindane (gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane)
Methoxychlor Mirex...
- Chandigarh, and the
Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB),
which also
showed heptachlor, beta-endosulphan and
chlorpyrifos pesticides in
concentrations exceeding...
