Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A colorless, odorless, viscous liquid, C10H6Cl8, formerly used as an insecticide. It may be toxic to humans and wildlife as a result of its effect on the nervous system.
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- noun organic chemistry A very
toxic chlorinated polycyclic hydrocarbon once used as aninsecticide .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Although the termite poison, called chlordane, has been banned in the United States since 1988, it cannot harm humans unless they drink water from Sligo Creek, which is not recommended, or eat its fish, which is prohibited.
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Rampant use of a common termite pesticide called chlordane.
Getting Pregnant Niels H. Lauersen 2000
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In a bid to show that the dispensary was violating Chalfant's Oct. 30 order, the city attorney said four additional samples have tested positive for pesticide residues, including variations of chlordane, which is banned in the U.S.
unknown title 2009
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In a bid to show that the dispensary was violating Chalfant's Oct. 30 order, the city attorney said four additional samples have tested positive for pesticide residues, including variations of chlordane, which is banned in the U.S.
AroundTheCapitol.com 2009
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In a bid to show that the dispensary was violating Chalfant's Oct. 30 order, the city attorney said four additional samples have tested positive for pesticide residues, including variations of chlordane, which is banned in the U.S.
unknown title 2009
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In a bid to show that the dispensary was violating Chalfant's Oct. 30 order, the city attorney said four additional samples have tested positive for pesticide residues, including variations of chlordane, which is banned in the U.S.
unknown title 2009
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Highly potent agricultural chemicals such as chlordane, dieldrin and DDT -- Carson's leading concern -- have been banned.
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Others blame the comeback of bedbugs on their resistance to DDT's many substitutes e.g., malathion, diazinon, lindane, chlordane, dichlorovos and now pyrethroids.
Bill Chameides: Is Propoxur the Way to Not Let the Bedbugs Bite? Bill Chameides 2011
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Way back when, I remember dusting the foundation of our house with chlordane.
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Although DEP doesn't conduct toxic monitoring of its waterways -- that's the state's job -- "if there was a chlordane problem, we think we would be able to detect that," Shofar said, because chlordane affects the reproductive ability of fish.
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