a highly toxic isomer of dieldrin, used as an insecticide
Word origin
< ? en-1 + aldrin
Examples of 'endrin' in a sentence
endrin
The endrin residues did not correlate with the quantities used or the type of soil.
Jorma Rautapää, Arvo Myllymäki, Hilkka Siltanen 1976, 'Endrin, DDT and PCB's in Finnish soils', Agricultural and Food Sciencehttps://journal.fi/afs/article/view/71912. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Notable was the ubiquitous presence of endrin aldehyde across all tissues.
Nicholas R. Dunham, Steven T. Peper, Catherine E. Baxter, Ronald J. Kendall 2014, 'The Parasitic Eyeworm Oxyspirura petrowi as a Possible Cause of Decline in the ThreatenedLesser Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus)', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0108244. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
From the total amount of endrin applied to the area, 0—55 % was left.
Jorma Rautapää, Hilkka Siltanen, Anna-Liisa Valta, Veijo Mattinen 1972, 'DDT, lindane and endrin in some agricultural soils in Finland', Agricultural and Food Sciencehttps://journal.fi/afs/article/view/71825. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The average endrin content of samples was 0.12 ppm (minimum 0, maximum 0.25 ppm).
Jorma Rautapää, Hilkka Siltanen, Anna-Liisa Valta, Veijo Mattinen 1972, 'DDT, lindane and endrin in some agricultural soils in Finland', Agricultural and Food Sciencehttps://journal.fi/afs/article/view/71825. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In general, endrin had not significantly accumulated in these soils, even after many years of use.
Jorma Rautapää, Arvo Myllymäki, Hilkka Siltanen 1976, 'Endrin, DDT and PCB's in Finnish soils', Agricultural and Food Sciencehttps://journal.fi/afs/article/view/71912. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)