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Organic Chemicals > Hydrocarbons > Hydrocarbons, Halogenated > Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated > Chlordecone

Preferred term

Chlordecone  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Kepone

Scope note

  • A highly chlorinated polycyclic hydrocarbon insecticide whose large number of chlorine atoms makes it resistant to degradation. It has been shown to be toxic to mammals and causes abnormal cellular changes in laboratory animals.

History note

  • 96; was KEPONE 1977-95 (see under INSECTICIDES, ORGANOCHLORINE 1977-90); CHLORDECONE was see KEPONE 1977-95

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