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Dieldrin

12/05/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Dieldrin – toxicity, side effects, diseases and environmental impacts

Dieldrin is an organochlorine insecticide that is structurally similar to Aldrin, another type of organochlorine insecticide. In its pure form, dieldrin is a mild-smelling white powder; technical-grade dieldrin, on the hand, is a tan-colored powder. Dieldrin was once extensively used on corn and cotton from the 1950s until the middle of the 1970s, and was […]

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