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- noun Plural form of
hexachlorocyclohexane .
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Exposure of Arctic Ocean surface water, as a result of decreasing ice cover, could increase the movement of contaminants such as hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs) and toxaphene into the atmosphere, speeding movement within or out of the Arctic [81].
Potential impacts of indirect mechanisms of climate change on human health in the Arctic 2009
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Solvent switching can, for example, lead spontaneously to concentration amplification of hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs) in water because HCH partitions strongly out of air [8], or high concentrations of PCBs in phytoplankton due to strong partitioning out of water and into lipids [9].
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