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Definition of toxaphene in English: toxaphenenoun ˈtɒksəfiːnˈtäksəˌfēn mass nounA synthetic amber waxy solid with an odour of chlorine and camphor, used as an insecticide. It is a chlorinated terpene. Example sentencesExamples - Organochlorine contaminants, including toxaphene, chlordane and metabolites, HCHs, HCB, dieldrin, and PCBs, were found in the opossum shrimp, Mysis relicta, from the great lakes.
- The Tulane team studied such pesticides and industrial chemicals as endosulfan, toxaphene and chlordane.
- The salmon also contains dioxins, toxaphene and dieldrin.
- Those include DDT, dieldrin, toxaphene, heptachlor, and alpha-chlordane.
- It would appear that farmed salmon contains many times the tolerable levels of toxins such as PCBs, dioxins, toxaphene, dieldrin and DDT.
Origin 1940s: from toxin + (cam)phene, a related terpene. Definition of toxaphene in US English: toxaphenenounˈtäksəˌfēn A synthetic amber waxy solid with an odor of chlorine and camphor, used as an insecticide. It is a chlorinated terpene. Example sentencesExamples - Organochlorine contaminants, including toxaphene, chlordane and metabolites, HCHs, HCB, dieldrin, and PCBs, were found in the opossum shrimp, Mysis relicta, from the great lakes.
- Those include DDT, dieldrin, toxaphene, heptachlor, and alpha-chlordane.
- The salmon also contains dioxins, toxaphene and dieldrin.
- The Tulane team studied such pesticides and industrial chemicals as endosulfan, toxaphene and chlordane.
- It would appear that farmed salmon contains many times the tolerable levels of toxins such as PCBs, dioxins, toxaphene, dieldrin and DDT.
Origin 1940s: from toxin + ( cam)phene, a related terpene. |