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BHC

American  
Chemistry.
  1. benzene hexachloride: the white to yellowish, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid C 6 H 6 Cl 6 , used chiefly as an insecticide.


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The BHC argues the most efficient support the government could offer is through halving VAT for salons, because staff wages make up 60% of their costs.

From BBC Apr. 25, 2025

His stay at BHC Alhambra Hospital was short.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 12, 2022

She checked herself in to BHC Fairfax Hospital in Kirkland in March 2017 and, disgusted by what she saw inside, promptly asked to leave the psychiatric facility.

From Seattle Times Oct. 27, 2022

Sweet potatoes grown in California fields where BHC had been used two years earlier contained residues, and the firm had to reject them.

From The New Yorker Jan. 3, 2017

In the southern states peanuts are usually grown in rotation with cotton, on which BHC is extensively used.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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