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Chlordane

= 1,2,4,5,6,7,8,8-Octachloro-2,3,3a,4,7,7a-hexahydro-4,7-methanoindene

Trade name

Chlordane (J (Date registered 9/18/1950, Date registration annulled 12/17/1968), I, B): Octachlor, Octa-klor

Chemical formula

C10H6Cl8

Chemical characteristics

Log P 6.5. (ref. ID; 507)

Purpose for use

Insecticide.

Toxicity

LD50 (oral): rat 457-590 mg, mouse 430 mg.

Test organisms

Oligochaeta: Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri (ref. ID; 507)
Oligochaeta: Lumbricus terrestris (ref. ID; 6101)
Oligochaeta: Tubifex tubifex (ref. ID; 507)

[gamma-Chlordan] CAS[5566-34-7]

Chemical characteristics

Octanol-water partition coefficient log Kow 6.0. (ref. ID; 6961)

Test organisms

Oligochaeta: Community (ref. ID; 6961)