chlordane

American  

[klawr-deyn, klohr-] / ˈklɔr deɪn, ˈkloʊr- /

Also chlordan

noun

1. a colorless, viscous, water-insoluble, toxic liquid, C 10 H 6 Cl 8 , used as an insecticide.

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chlordane British  

/ ˈklɔːdæn, ˈklɔːdeɪn /

noun

1. a white insoluble toxic solid existing in several isomeric forms and usually used, as an insecticide, in the form of a brown impure liquid. Formula: C 10 H 6 Cl 8

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chlordane Scientific  

/ klôr′dān′ /

1. A colorless, odorless, viscous liquid that occurs in several isomers and was formerly used as an insecticide. Because it can damage the liver and nervous system and remains as a toxin in the environment for many years, chlordane was banned in 1988. Chemical formula: C ₁₀ H ₆ Cl ₈ .

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Etymology

Origin of chlordane

1945–50; chlor- ² + (in)dane an oily cyclic hydrocarbon, equivalent to ind- + -ane

Example Sentences

The lawsuit says studies have linked long-term exposure to chlordane to liver cancer, as well as miscarriages, depression and bone-marrow diseases.

From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2022

But Racine claimed at a press conference that Velsicol knew long before that that chlordane could cause cancer, as far back as 1959, yet still sold products that contained the chemical.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 13, 2022

In 1950, Dr. Arnold J. Lehman, who is the chief pharmacologist of the Food and Drug Administration, described chlordane as “one of the most toxic of insecticides,” adding, “Anyone handling it could be poisoned.”

From The New Yorker • Jan. 3, 2017

Health officials say high levels of arsenic, lead and chlordane are probably tied to lead paint and pesticides that stayed in the soil decades after their use was banned.

From Washington Times • May 29, 2016

The German cockroach throughout much of North America has become resistant to chlordane, once the favorite weapon of exterminators who have now turned to the organic phosphates.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson