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chlordane

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chlordane (klōr`dān): see insecticide insecticides, chemical, biological, or other agents used to destroy insect pests; the term commonly refers to chemical agents only.

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chlordane [′klȯr‚dān]
(organic chemistry)
C10H6Cl8A volatile liquid insecticide; a chlorinated hexahydromethanoindene. Also spelled chlordan.


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Ovary length diminished with increasing PCB and chlordane concentrations, and ovary weight decreased with increasing PBDEs, the team reports an upcoming issue of Environmental Science & Technology.
2004) examined the association between hexachlorocyclohexane, heptachlor epoxide, chlordane, dieldrin, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), PCBs, or dioxin in breast milk and the development of infants at 10 months.
But, it added, a limited number of samples showed high concentrations of, among other things, arsenic, hydrocarbons, chlordane, dieldrin, aldrin and lead.
 
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