dieldrin in English

noun
1
a toxic insecticide produced by the oxidation of aldrin, now largely banned because of its persistence in the environment.
Many pesticides which were once very familiar contaminants - DDT, aldrin, dieldrin , and toxaphene - have been banned in the US, Canada, and the UK.

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1. Dieldrin Bilineated holoparasite gearshifts

2. The insecticide dieldrin is made from Aldrin by treatment with peroxyacetic acid.

3. Aldrin is metabolized to dieldrin, both in animals and in the environment.

4. 4.2 PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES Information regarding the physical and chemical properties of Aldrin/dieldrin is located in Table 4-2.

5. Resistance to dieldrin + fipronil Assorts with chromosome inversion 2La in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae Med Vet Entomol

6. 157 4. CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL INFORMATION 4.1 CHEMICAL IDENTITY Information regarding the chemical identity of Aldrin/dieldrin is located in Table 4-1

7. Admixtures in Concretelists three materials which, when added in amounts in the range of 0.1 to 10 percent by weight of cement, inhibit the growth of fungi and bacteria- polyhalogenated phenols, dieldrin emulsion and copper compounds

8. Aldrin is an organochlorine compound resulting from the Diels-Alder reaction of hexachlorocyclopentadiene with norbornadiene.A proinsecticide (by epoxidation of the non-chlorinated double bond to give dieldrin), it was widely used as an insecticide before being banned in the 1970s as a persistent organic pollutant.It has a role as a persistent organic pollutant and a proinsecticide.