Toxaphene

Toxaphene

Chembox new
Name = Toxaphene
ImageFile = Toxaphene.png ImageName =
IUPACName =
Section1 = Chembox Identifiers
CASNo = 8001-35-2
SMILES = C=C1C(C2(C(C(C1(C2(Cl)Cl)Cl)Cl)Cl)Cl)(CCl)CCl
Section2 = Chembox Properties
Formula = C10H10Cl8
MolarMass = 414 g/mol
Density = 1,65 g·cm−3
MeltingPt = 65–90 °C
BoilingPt = decomposition

Toxaphene is an organic compound with the approximate empirical formula C10H10Cl8 and average molecular mass of 414. It is usually seen as a yellow to amber waxy solid, or in gas form.

Health effects

Toxaphene is highly toxic. When inhaled or ingested, sufficient quantities of toxaphene can damage the lungs, nervous system, and kidneys, and may cause death.

Applications

Toxaphene was used as an insecticide. It was used to treat mange in cattle in California in the 1970s, although there were reports of cattle deaths following spraying with toxaphene.cite news | first=John | last=Chancellor | coauthors=Oliver, Don | title=Possible Toxaphene Cattle Poisoning | publisher="NBC News" | date=1979-02-22 | id=TVN Record Number 502980 (Evening News) | url=http://openweb.tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/1979-2/1979-02-22-NBC-7.html | accessdate=2008-02-08]

In 1990, it was banned for all uses in the United States. It belongs to the so-called Dirty Dozen, a list of very toxic substances, which were outlawed in April 2001 by the Stockholm Convention.

Also called: camphechlor, chlorinated camphene, polychlorocamphene, chlorocamphene, octachlorocampheneTrademarked name: Toxaphene, Strobane, Mellipax

References

External links

* [http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts94.html ASTDR ToxFAQs for Toxaphene]


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