How will I know if chlordane is in my drinking water?

Before 1985, Chlordane was the chemical of choice for barrier protection.

For God's sake, they wouldn't even admit that chlordane was dangerous.

They have shown that even decades after use, chlordane is taken up by many common garden vegetables.

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But chlordane was outlawed in 1985 because of its toxicity.

Japanese workers who used chlordane over a long period of time had minor changes in liver function.

The Federal agency said the states may adopt more stringent controls on chlordane if they wish to do so.

The coalition, she said, supports a total ban on chlordane and heptachlor.

The agency is conducting a "priority review" of its policy on chlordane, which has caused cancer in test animals.

"I waited because I heard nightmares about chlordane," she said.

How does chlordane get into my drinking water?

Prostate cancer has been associated with trans-nonachlor levels, a component of chlordane.

Mycoremediation of chlordane in soil have found that contamination levels were reduced.

He said the chlordane could have dated to the mid 1980s or before when it was used for termites.

Since the 1970's, she noted, the agency has been saying that chlordane is only a problem when misused by those who apply it in homes.

Studies have linked chlordane to cancer, neurological disorders and miscarriages.

EPA regulates chlordane in drinking water to protect public health.

The researchers grew test crops on a patch of land that used to be a lawn and had been treated with chlordane in 1960.

But the agency's agreement with Velsicol did not cover products containing chlordane made by other companies for the retail market.

The chemicals found included dieldrin, benzene and chlordane, Brand said.

Until 1989, for example, a standard termite treatment was a poison called chlordane, which was pulled from the market because of health concerns.

This health effects language is not intended to catalog all possible health effects for chlordane.

Heptachlor and chlordane are some of the most potent carcinogens tested in animal models.

Breathing chlordane in indoor air is the main route of exposure for these levels in human tissues.