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DBCP

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DBCP
(organic chemistry)
dibromochloropropane


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Nicaraguan field workers, who have filed 570 lawsuits against Dole and other companies, claim the Westlake Village produce supplier exposed them to a toxic pesticide called DBCP that causes sterility and other health problems.
As spinach fears subside, pesticide suits target Dole by York, Emily Bryson / Los Angeles Business Journal
A possible explanation was suggested to be Y-chromosome nondisjunction, being more frequent in sperm of DBCP workers (Goldsmith et al.
Impact of PCB and p,p'-DDE contaminants on human sperm Y:X chromosome ... by Giwercman, Aleksander / Environmental Health Perspectives
Best documented is the celebrated case in which Standard Fruit was accused of negligence in its use of DBCP (dibromochloropropane), a popular fungicide.
Slicing up the rain forest on your breakfast cereal by Perfecto, Ivette / The Humanist
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