dieldrin

Water running off the maize fields is contaminated with dieldrin, then drunk by cattle.

The chemicals dieldrin and aldrin were widely applied in agricultural areas throughout the world.

The organochlorine pesticide dieldrin has been linked to Parkinson's disease.

In comparison with dieldrin, endrin is less persistent in the environment.

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

Most plants and animals convert it to Dieldrin.

Like dieldrin, aldicarb cannot be washed or trimmed off.

In Michigan, the chemical is dieldrin, and again it is a case of winning by losing, although the circumstances, this time, are different.

With this tactic, the roving locust bands cross a dieldrin zone and die.

Since 1977 otter hunting has been illegal, and the ban on the pesticide dieldrin is starting to have a beneficial effect.

Before the apartments can be built, the developers first must remove and contain soil contaminated with the pesticide dieldrin.

Consequently, the Western donors have pledged not to use dieldrin in the locust campaign in the third world.

Other materials that were used in the testing were dieldrin and chlordane, where the latter was shown to be the least effective.

The European Community legislation prohibits the marketing of phytopharmaceutical products containing dieldrin.

It can also adversely affect testicular descent in the fetus if a pregnant woman is exposed to Dieldrin.

Linked by the UN to cancer, dieldrin was recently the cause of a major meat export problem for Australia.

This year, 50 tonnes of dieldrin were collected in Niger and shipped to the Netherlands for disposal.

"What's a pesticide like dieldrin look like?"

Aldin reacts further to form dieldrin.

"Their soil shows it is saturated with dieldrin and eldrin," whose use is now banned by the Federal Government.

Endrin is a stereoisomer of dieldrin.

All POPs (including dieldrin) bioaccumulate in the fatty tissues of humans and other animals.

Chronic exposure of rats to the closely related epoxide, dieldrin, has been suggested to reduce their muscular efficiency in performing a work exercise.

DDT and dieldrin are unavoidable, and can also be detected in infant formulas.

Against insects there were other new weapons: chemicals like DDT and chlordane and dieldrin.