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What does dieldrin mean?

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Noun
  1. (organic chemistry) A cyclodiene insecticide, related to aldrin, that is a persistent organic pollutant.
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The researchers found that family members in the study, and preschool children in particular, are at high risk for exposure to arsenic, dieldrin, DDE, dioxins and acrylamide.
Pesticides such as dichloro diphenyl trichloroethane, dieldrin, and aldrin were dropped from planes like bombs.
The pesticides endosulfan, toxaphene, and dieldrin have estrogenic effects on human estrogen sensitive cells.
The pollutants are aldrin, chlordane, DDT, dieldrin, dioxins, endrin, furans, heptachlor, hexachlorobenzene, mirex, PCBs and toxaphene.
Endosulfan is an organochlorine pesticide as are DDT, dieldrin, and chlordane.
They are urging farmers to rid their farms of de-registered chemicals such as DDT, Dieldrin and persistent organochlorine pesticides.

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