LP15062-0

Dieldrin

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Description

Dieldrin is a light tan, flakey compound and an organochlorine insecticide. It is toxic to ants, cutworms, armyworms, loopers, chiggars, chinch bugs, flea hoppers, crickets, diabrotica, drosophila, earwigs, wire worms, grasshoppers, flies, Japanese beetles, leaf miners, lygus, mosquitoes, wasps, roaches, slugs, snails, sowbugs, webworms, spittlebugs, termites, thrips, ticks and many more. Dieldrin is dangerously toxic to birds, fish, beneficial insects, and honey bees. It likely bioaccumulates in the food chain. Dieldrin is extremely toxic if inhaled, ingested, or absorbed by the skin and can lead to irritability, convulsions, coma, nausea, vomiting, headache, fainting, tremors, and eye irritation. Dieldrin produces toxic fumes when heated and is a suspected carcinogen. It is no longer manufactured in the United States.[PubChem:969491] Source: Regenstrief LOINC

Basic Part Properties

Part Display Name

Dieldrin

Part Type

Component (Describes the core component or analyte measured)

Created On

2000-05-04

Construct for LOINC Short Name

Dieldrin

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