organochlorine pesticide
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pesticide
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈpes.tɪ.saɪd/us/ˈpes.tə.saɪd/
a chemical substance used to kill harmful insects, small animals, wild plants, and other ...
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However, all water authorities monitor their surface waters for the mainorganochlorinepesticidecompounds.
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This substance is a solidorganochlorinepesticide.
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This enzyme catalyzes the bioreduction of chlordecone, a toxicorganochlorinepesticide, to chlordecone alcohol in liver.
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Samples were removed from piles and tested for residues of metal, chlorinated herbicides and organochlorine pesticides.
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As a result, the clearance for use of certain organochlorine pesticides has been withdrawn and the use of others severely restricted.
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I hope that the review will be completed speedily, because organochlorine pesticides are banned in most countries.
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The section was originally formed when suspicions first arose of trouble from the organochlorine pesticides.
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As to imports, there is already a marked trend away from organochlorine pesticides in developed countries, and we already have legislation safeguarding the food we eat.
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However, lindane is less persistent than other organochlorine pesticides and, as it is excreted rapidly from mammals, has less potential to accumulate in man or wild animals.
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In humans there is no placental barrier against transfer of organochlorine pesticides across the maternal-fetal axis.
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There is significant contamination by ions of mercury and copper, organochlorine pesticides, phenols, petroleum products and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
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The compound has been shown to be one of the most abundant organochlorine pesticides in the global atmosphere.
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The early re-colonisation was very slow, because of contamination of the food chain by organochlorine pesticides, and the activities of egg collectors, and had reached only 14 pairs by 1976.
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The use of anabolic steroids and exposure to chemicals that mimic estrogen in cosmetic products, organochlorine pesticides, and industrial chemicals have been suggested as possible factors driving this increase.
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