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Toxaphene

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Part of the book series: Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology ((RECT,volume 104))

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Toxaphene (chlorinated camphene containing 67 to 69% chlorine) is also known as Alltex, Camphochlor, Chem-Phene, Compound 3956, Styobane T-90, and Kamfochlor. It is an insecticide used to combat caterpillars, grasshoppers, the cotton boll weevil, and ectoparasites on cattle and sheep (Meister 1987). Up until 1982, when all major uses of toxaphene were canceled by USEPA, it was widely used on soybeans, cotton, corn, wheat, and other crops. Current use levels of toxaphene are estimated to be very low. Its structure and properties are shown in Table 1.

This Health Advisory is based on information in USEPA (1985a), except for Section I, based on USEPA (1983).

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Ware, G.W. (1988). Toxaphene. In: Ware, G.W. (eds) Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, vol 104. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8785-5_17

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