Chlordane is a manufactured chemical that was used as a pesticide in the United States from 1948 to 1988. It does not occur naturally in the environment. Technical chlordane is not a single chemical, but is actually a mixture of mainly two isomers called alpha-chlordane and gamma-chlordane mixed with many production side products. It was sold by Chevron as a white powdery dust in combination with an emulsifier. When mixed with water, as a result of the emulsifier, it becomes a colorless to amber, thick liquid. Until 1983, chlordane was used as a pesticide on crops like corn and citrus and on home lawns and gardens. Chevron specifically marketed it as an ant killer. Image File history File links Chlordane. ... IUPAC nomenclature is a system of naming chemical compounds and of describing the science of chemistry in general. ... A chemical formula is a concise way of expressing information about the atoms that constitute a particular chemical compound. ... Molar mass is the mass of one mole of a chemical element or chemical compound. ... CAS registry numbers are unique numerical identifiers for chemical compounds, polymers, biological sequences, mixtures and alloys. ... The plimsoll symbol as used in shipping In chemistry, the standard state of a material is its state at 1 bar (100 kilopascals exactly). ... A cropduster spreading pesticide. ... This article is about the maize plant. ... For other uses, see Citrus (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Ant (disambiguation). ...

Because of concern about damage to the environment and harm to human health, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) banned all uses of chlordane in 1983 except to control termites. In 1988, the EPA banned all uses of chlordane. The EPA recommends that a child should not drink water with more than 60 parts of chlordane per billion parts of drinking water (60 ppb) for longer than 1 day. EPA has set a limit in drinking water of 2 ppb. EPA redirects here. ...

Chlordane sticks strongly to soil particles at the surface and is not likely to enter groundwater and so as a result it can stay in the soil for over 20 years and breaks down very slowly. Chlordane does not dissolve easily in water.

It affects animal species because it builds up in the tissues of fish, birds, and mammals.

Chlordane affects the nervous system, the digestive system, and the liver in people and animals. Headaches, irritability, confusion, weakness, vision problems, vomiting, stomach cramps, diarrhea, and jaundice have occurred in people who breathed air containing high concentrations of chlordane or accidentally swallowed small amounts of chlordane. Large amounts of chlordane taken by mouth can cause convulsions and death in people. Recent human studies have linked chlordane exposure with prostate and breast cancers. The nervous system is a highly specialized network whose principal components are cells called neurons. ... what was here was sick and improperly spelled. ... For the bird, see Liver bird. ... In anatomy, the stomach is a bean-shaped hollow muscular organ of the gastrointestinal tract involved in the second phase of digestion, following mastication. ... This article is about muscular pain. ... Diarrhea, also spelled diarrhoea (see spelling differences), is a condition in which the sufferer has frequent watery, loose bowel movements (from the Greek word διάρροια; literally meaning through-flowing). Acute infectious diarrhea is a common cause of death in developing countries (particularly among infants), accounting for 5 to 8 million deaths... Look up jaundice in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article is about the medical condition. ... For other uses, see Death (disambiguation), Dead (disambiguation), or Death (band). ...

According to the ATSDR, a man who had long-term skin contact with soil containing high levels of chlordane had convulsions. Japanese workers who used chlordane over a long period of time had minor changes in liver function.[1] The United States Agency for Toxic Substance Disease Registry ,(ATSDR), is directed by congressional mandate to perform specific functions concerning the effect on public health of hazardous substances in the environment. ... Loess field in Germany Surface-water-gley developed in glacial till, Northern Ireland For the American hard rock band, see SOiL. For the System of a Down song, see Soil (song). ...

Animals given high levels of chlordane by mouth for short periods died or had convulsions. Long-term exposure caused harmful effects in the liver of test animals.

It is not known if chlordane affects human fertility or whether it causes birth defects. Animals exposed before birth or while nursing developed behavioral effects later. Teratogenesis is a medical term from the Greek, literally meaning monster making. ...

External links

• Chlordane Technical Fact Sheet - National Pesticide Information Center
• Chlordane General Fact Sheet - National Pesticide Information Center
• Chlordane Pesticide Information Profile - Extension Toxicology Network
• ATSDR - ToxFAQs™: Chlordane
• www.ecoinfo.ec.gc.ca - For chemical structure of chlordane