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BHC

American

Chemistry.

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

Carol Jason had been a patient of BHC Fairfax Hospital for just minutes when she began rethinking the decision to check herself in to the psychiatric hospital.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2019

The chemical that caused him the most trouble was BHC, which is taken up by the roots and tubers of plants, and which advertises its presence by a musty taste and odor.

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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