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endrin

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endrin (ĕn`drĭn): see insecticides insecticides, chemical, biological, or other agents used to destroy insect pests; the term commonly refers to chemical agents only. Chemical Insecticides

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endrin [′en·drən]
(organic chemistry)
C12H8OCl6Poisonous, white crystals that are insoluble in water; it is used as a pesticide and is a stereoisomer of dieldrin, another pesticide.


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It is interesting to note that aldrin, dieldrin, endrin, heptachlor, HCB, mirex, and chlordane have never been used in or imported to Estonia.
The "dirty dozen" are: DDT, chlordane, aldrin, dieldrin, endrin, heptachlor, mirex, toxaphane, hexachlorobenzene, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), PCDD, and PCDF.
Fair Trade farmers can't use chemicals branded as the Dirty Dozen due to hazards they pose to human or environmental health; these include the pesticides chlordane, heptachlor, DDT, aldrin, endrin, lindane, parathion, and methyl parathion.
 
 
 
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