chlorinated hydrocarbon

It has the highest solvent power of any chlorinated hydrocarbon.

'It's one of a group we call chlorinated hydrocarbons.

Warn them against chlorinated hydrocarbons, sketch in the effects on phytoplankton.

It means the phytoplankton are coming to terms with the chlorinated hydrocarbons we've been using in fertilizer.

They eat nothing but fish, and the fish live in river water filled with chlorinated hydrocarbons from pesticides.

The carbon source for in situ remediation of chlorinated hydrocarbons.

It is not resistant to solvents, aromatics and some chlorinated hydrocarbons.

Chlorinated hydrocarbons are a health danger, but the technicians will work for short periods in a well-ventilated enclosed area.

Even though residence time and temperature are carefully controlled, it produces significant quantities of chlorinated hydrocarbon side products.

Mirex is a chlorinated hydrocarbon that was commercialized as an insecticide.

Dioxin is a chlorinated hydrocarbon and is one of the deadliest substances known.

There have been reported cases where chlorinated hydrocarbons have been found in waterways with no known source.

Like other chlorinated hydrocarbons, it is a central nervous system depressant, albeit a less potent one than many similar compounds.

Dieldrin is a chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide widely used in crop protection and preservation.

It is an excellent solvent for many organic materials and also one of the least toxic of the chlorinated hydrocarbons.

After 1947, chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticides of many varieties were found to be effective at the low concentrations practical for preservative treatment.

Biological magnification is the process whereby these chlorinated hydrocarbons (pesticides) are more concentrated at each level of the food chain.

"Manodrin is a chlorinated hydrocarbon used in insecticides.

Coastal cetaceans not only pick up chlorinated hydrocarbons, but also accumulate other industrial pollutants such as heavy metals.

Soluble in chloroform and other chlorinated hydrocarbons.

"In the 60's, we were fighting the big fight over hard pesticides, all the chlorinated hydrocarbons, like DDT," he said.

"The phytoplankton are succumbing to the chlorinated hydrocarbons--the kind used in fertilizer."

The concentration of chlorinated hydrocarbons in the site effluent has been cut to an average of two parts per million from 22 in December 1988.

All of these chemicals are chlorinated hydrocarbon compounds (also known as organochlorides) with known toxicities.

DDT - a chlorinated hydrocarbon used as a pesticide that is a persistent organic pollutant.