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Alpha and Beta-Hexachlorocyclohexanes - Environmental Health Criteria 123
(1991)
Alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane (alpha-HCH) is a major by-product (65-70%) in the manufacture of lindane (> 99% gamma-HCH). Its
solubility in water is low, but it is very soluble in organic solvents such as acetone, chloroform, ...
Propachlor - Environmental Health Criteria 147
(1993)
Propachlor is a pre-emergence and early post-emergence herbicide derived from acetanilide, and has been in use since 1965. The major formulations are as wettable powder, liquid flowable (suspension concentrate) and as ...
Brominated Diphenyl Ethers - Environmental health criteria 162
(1994)
This Environmental Health Criteria monograph on brominated diphenyl ethers has been prepared as part of an overview on the impact of a number of flame retardants on human health and the environment. The group of polybrominated ...
Glyphosate - Environmental Health Criteria 159
(1994)
Glyphosate is a weak organic acid consisting of a glycine and a phosphonomethyl moiety. The empirical formula is C3H8NO5P.
Glyphosate is usually formulated as a salt of the deprotonated acid of glyphosate and a cation, ...
Selected Synthetic Organic Fibres - Environmental Health Criteria 151
(1993)
This document is a review of occupational and environmental exposure to selected synthetic organic fibres. The particular fibres covered in this document have been selected because they are the only ones for which some ...
Linear Alkylbenzene Sulfonates and Related Compounds - Environmental Health Criteria 169
(1996)
Linear alkylbenzene sulfonates (LAS), a-olefin sulfonates (AOS), and alkyl sulfates (AS) are anionic sulfonates with molecules
characterized by a hydrophobic and a hydrophilic (polar) group. Commercial mixtures Consist ...
Tetramethrin - Environmental Health Criteria 98
(1990)
Tetramethrin was first synthesized in 1964 and first marketed in 1965. Chemically, it is an ester of chrysan-themic acid (2,2-imethyl-3-(2,2-dimethylvinyl)-cyclopro-panecarboxylic acid) with 3,4,5,6-tetrahydrophth ...
2-Propanol - Environmental Health Criteria 103
(1990)
2-Propanol is a colourless highly flammable liquid with an odour resembling that of a mixture of ethanol and acetone. The compound is completely miscible with water, ethanol, acetone, chloroform, and benzene. Analytical ...
1-Propanol - Environmental Health Criteria 102
(1990)
1-Propanol is a colourless, highly flammable liquid that is volatile at room temperature and normal atmospheric pressure. It is miscible with water and organic solvents. Analytical methods for propanol include gas ...
Cyhalothrin - Environmental Health Criteria 99
(1990)
Cyhalothrin is formed by esterifying 3-(2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoroprop-1-enyl)-2,2- dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylic acid with alpha-cyano-3-phenoxybenzyl alcohol, and it consists of a mixture of four stereoisomers. ...