Insecticide -solid or gas [2]

Used to control pests on crops and livestock

Used to kill unwanted fish in lakes [3]

Insecticide containing over 6,700 chemicals [2]

Used to on of cotton, corn and small grains cotton and other crops 1947-1980 [2]

Current: cattle dip for scabbies control, PR pineapples, emergency tratement

May enter air via evaporation

Does not dissovle readily in water

Most likely to be found in air, soil, or sediment at bottom of lakes and rivers

Biodegrade very slowly

Bioaccumulant in fish nad mammals

Current Status in US [2]

Under FIFRA:

No US registrations, most uses cancelled in 1982, all uses by 1990

all tolerances on food crops revoked in 1993

no production, import, or export

regulated as a hazardous air pollutant (CAA)

Prioity toxic pollutant (CWA)

Toxaphene [1]

Injures kidney and liver

Damages immune system

Harms adrenal gland

Unborn child developmental changes

May cause cancer

Damages lungs and nervous system

Eating contaminated fish and shellfish, or other foods exposed to chemical

Transfered to infants through breast milk, maintained in mother's blood stream

Long-range transporththrou air, falling into lakes via rain/snow

Long-range transport through air, falling into lakes via rain/snow

[1] UNEP - Persistent Organic Pollutants: Chemical Information. - www.chem.unep.ch/pops/alts02.html

[2] EPA - Persistent Organic Pollutants: A Global Issue, A Global Response. EPA 160-F-02-001. - www.epa.gov/international/toxics/pop.htm

[3] EPA Priority PBT Profiles - www.epa.gov/opptintr/pbt/cheminfo.htm

[4] ATSDR Toxicological Profile for Aldrin and Dieldrin. September 2002. - www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tpw.html