toxaphene
- noun
- /ˈtɒksəfiːn/
- Specialized
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toxafeno
- Researchers found that toxaphene levels in the river posed a significant risk to local wildlife and ecosystems.
- toxaphene and mirex
- toxaphene and PCBs
Examples
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The higher toxaphene levels found in Lake Superior fish are an exception due to the ability of the cold lake water to absorb this pesticide (Swackhamer et al. 1999).
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An initial estimate of the human health risk associated with the consumption of beluga blubber (based on the Allowable Daily Intake levels recommended by Health Canada) suggested that the principal chemical limiting the recommended consumption rate of Cook Inlet blubber was toxaphene.
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McConnell has documented the continuing global air transport of old as well as new pesticides, including some that were banned years ago, such as DDT and toxaphene.
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Total toxaphene (SToxaphene) was the sum of the concentrations of 19 peaks (Muir et al., 1990b).
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Their results indicate that the limiting compound for the Cook Inlet beluga whales is toxaphene, with a blubber consumption rate limit of 7 g/day.
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Ocean currents probably also play a role, particularly for transport in ice-covered seas and for those compounds that are relatively hydrophilic (e.g., HCH and toxaphene).
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On the other hand, toxaphene contributed a much larger fraction to the Arctic and Cook Inlet animals (20-50% on average) than was reported for the St. Lawrence estuary animals (10%).
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Toxaphene was quantified with a modification of previously published procedures (Muir et al., 1988b; Stern et al., 1994).
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In another situation, a time- and money-consuming freedom of information lawsuit by a pesticide manufacturer has harassed a leading researcher who studied the presence and effects of the pesticide toxaphene in the Great Lakes.
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The use of toxaphene as a pesticide has been banned in many countries due to its harmful effects on the environment.
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word toxaphene was made as a chemical name by combining tox- meaning 'poison', like in toxic, and -phene, a common ending in chemical names. A helpful way to remember it is that the name points to a 'poisonous chemical', which fits that it was used as a pesticide and later found to be harmful to the environment.
