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chlordane

[ klawr-deyn, klohr- ]

noun

  1. a colorless, viscous, water-insoluble, toxic liquid, C 10 H 6 Cl 8 , used as an insecticide.


chlordane

/ 藞kl蓴藧d忙n; 藞kl蓴藧de瑟n /

noun

  1. a white insoluble toxic solid existing in several isomeric forms and usually used, as an insecticide, in the form of a brown impure liquid. Formula: C 10 H 6 Cl 8
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

chlordane

  1. A colorless, odorless, viscous liquid that occurs in several isomers and was formerly used as an insecticide. Because it can damage the liver and nervous system and remains as a toxin in the environment for many years, chlordane was banned in 1988. Chemical formula: C 10 H 6 Cl 8 .
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of chlordane1

1945鈥50; chlor- 2 + (in)dane an oily cyclic hydrocarbon, equivalent to ind- + -ane
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of chlordane1

C20: from chloro- + ( in ) d ( ene ) + -ane
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The lawsuit says studies have linked long-term exposure to chlordane to liver cancer, as well as miscarriages, depression and bone-marrow diseases.

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A 2016 analysis of the District鈥檚 38 miles of rivers and streams found that 20 miles were 鈥渘ot in compliance with the water quality standards for chlordane.鈥

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According to the lawsuit, by the time chlordane was banned by the federal government in 1988, 鈥渁pproximately 30 million homes and structures in the United States鈥 had been treated with it.

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Beginning in 1945, Illinois-based Velsicol was the sole maker of chlordane as a pesticide for killing insects, Racine said.

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Chlordane accumulates 鈥渙ver time in fish, birds, and mammals, and is found in food, air, water, soil and sediment,鈥 the lawsuit says, and D.C. residents 鈥渢hen are exposed to chlordane from eating contaminated food such as marine life, breathing contaminated air, or drinking contaminated water.鈥

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