Sentences with phrase «organochlorine pesticides»
Organochlorine pesticides are chemicals that were commonly used to kill insects on crops. They contain chlorine atoms and can stay in the environment for a long time. However, they can also be harmful to both animals and humans. Full definition
Although not much is known about its toxicity, «The chemical's structure is similar to that of organochlorine pesticides such as heptachlor, chlordane, aldrin, and mirex, all of which have been either banned or restricted in the U.S.»:: ES&T;, see also earlier ES&T;
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The EPA, declaring that endosulfan is unsafe for farm workers, moves to ban one of the last organochlorine pesticides left in the U.S. Like DDT, endosulfan accumulates in the environment and in the bodies of people and wildlife, and is transported around the world to remote places
«PCBs, PCDD / Fs, and organochlorine pesticides in farmed Atlantic salmon from Maine, eastern Canada, and Norway, and wild salmon from Alaska.
After a lengthy scientific review, the United States last week decided to ban the use of endosulfan, an inexpensive organochlorine pesticide that builds up in the environment.
«Although most researchers in Africa are concerned with organochlorine pesticides — especially DDT which is still used for malaria control — PCB contamination should not be overlooked,» Klánová told Nature.
Declaring that endosulfan is unsafe, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday that it is about to ban one of the last organochlorine pesticides still used in the United States.
Nearly all other organochlorine pesticides already have been banned.
Included were brominated flame retardants, organochlorine pesticides such as DDT and polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs.
Lead, mercury, toluene, perchlorate, bisphenol A, flame retardants, perfluorinated compounds, organochlorine pesticides and phthalates are among the chemicals, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's nationwide testing program.
Around 70 percent of city stream beds turned up the organochlorine pesticide as well.
However, no mention is made of other known endocrine disruptors, such as organochlorine pesticides, PCBs, polychlorinated dioxins, alkyl phenols, pthalates and parabens (Darbre 2006).
The cause of the failed pelican breeding was DDT, an organochlorine pesticide.
Because the organochlorine pesticides, the DDT family of pesticides, wiped them out by making all their eggs break, and when these were banned, the bird populations began to recover.