chlordane

[ klawr-deyn, klohr- ]

noun

1. a colorless, viscous, water-insoluble, toxic liquid, C 10 H 6 Cl 8 , used as an insecticide.

chlordane

/ ˈklɔːdæn; ˈklɔːdeɪn /

noun

1. a white insoluble toxic solid existing in several isomeric forms and usually used, as an insecticide, in the form of a brown impure liquid. Formula: C 10 H 6 Cl 8

chlordane

/ klôr′dān′ /

1. A colorless, odorless, viscous liquid that occurs in several isomers and was formerly used as an insecticide. Because it can damage the liver and nervous system and remains as a toxin in the environment for many years, chlordane was banned in 1988. Chemical formula: C 10 H 6 Cl 8 .

Word History and Origins

Origin of chlordane¹

1945–50; chlor- ² + (in)dane an oily cyclic hydrocarbon, equivalent to ind- + -ane

Word History and Origins

Origin of chlordane¹

C20: from chloro- + ( in ) d ( ene ) + -ane

Example Sentences

The lawsuit says studies have linked long-term exposure to chlordane to liver cancer, as well as miscarriages, depression and bone-marrow diseases.

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A 2016 analysis of the District’s 38 miles of rivers and streams found that 20 miles were “not in compliance with the water quality standards for chlordane.”

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According to the lawsuit, by the time chlordane was banned by the federal government in 1988, “approximately 30 million homes and structures in the United States” had been treated with it.

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Beginning in 1945, Illinois-based Velsicol was the sole maker of chlordane as a pesticide for killing insects, Racine said.

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Chlordane accumulates “over time in fish, birds, and mammals, and is found in food, air, water, soil and sediment,” the lawsuit says, and D.C. residents “then are exposed to chlordane from eating contaminated food such as marine life, breathing contaminated air, or drinking contaminated water.”

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