organochlorine

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• With the advent of synthetic insecticides in the mid-1940s, ground spraying of tsetse fly habitat with persistent organochlorines was introduced.

  Academic text (1998)

• Farmers often use organochlorine pesticides to protect their crops from pests.

• Organochlorine compounds have become widely distributed in our environment, following their introduction as pesticides during World War II.

  Academic text (1993)

• The salmon, sampled from North and South America and Europe, were analyzed for 14 specific organochlorine toxins.

  Academic text (2004)

• As insect pests developed resistance to DDT, a wide variety of organochlorine compounds were developed.

  Academic text (1993)

• Organic substances and chlorine sometimes result in "significant concentrations of toxic organochlorine compounds," which may be carcinogenic.

  Academic text (2000)

• Organochlorines were widely produced by the 1950s, but there was a lag before winds transported them north.

  Academic text (2012)

• Average total organochlorine pesticide residue burden was 7.15 ppm.

  Academic text (1993)

• DDT-type compounds were still the most abundant organochlorines in El Paso, followed by lower levels of lindane and heptachlor.

  Academic text (1993)

• Research has shown that high levels of organochlorine compounds can affect wildlife health.

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