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endrin /en·drin/ (en´drin) a highly toxic insecticide of the chlorinated hydrocarbon group. endrin a highly toxic insecticide of the chlorinated hydrocarbon group. See chlorinated hydrocarbons. |
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| A study of newborn children from the Yaqui Valley performed close to the period these children were conceived reported elevated pesticide levels, with cord blood values of lindane, heptachlor, benzene hexachloride, aldrin, and endrin all exceeding World Health Organization established limits (International Programme on Chemical Safety 2005), and p,p'-dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (p,p'-DDE) measured in the parts per million (Garcia and Meza 1991). When first drafted in 2000, this treaty looked to curb what many scientists referred to as the dirty dozen: dioxins, furans, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and the pesticides aldrin, chlordane, DDT, dieldrin, endrin, heptachlor, hexachlorobenzene, mirex, and toxaphene (SN: 12/16/00, p. They are dioxins and related furans; polychlorinated biphenyls; and the pesticides aldrin, chlordane, DDT, dieldrin, endrin, heptachlor, hexachlorobenzene, mirex, and toxaphene. |
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