trichloroethane (TCE) An organic chemical used as a cleaning solvent that causes adverse health effects in drinking water supplies.
Trichloroethane
Trichloroethane (1,1,1-TCA; methylchloroform) is used as a cleaning agent for metals and plastics. It is toxic.
trichloroethane (TCE) : A stable, low boiling-point colorless liquid, toxic if inhaled. Used as a solvent or metal decreasing agent, and in other industrial applications.
Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane: insecticide highly toxic to biota, including humans. This is a persistent biochemical which accumulates in the food chain.
Definition source
United Nations. Glossary of environment statistics.
Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane (DDT)
The first chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide. It has a half-life of 15 years and can accumulate in fatty tissues of certain animals.
DDT- DichloroDiphenylTrichloroethane
DERs- Data Evaluation Records
DES- Diethylstilbesterol
DfE- Design for the Environment
DI- Diagnostic Inspection
DMR- Discharge Monitoring Report
DNA- Deoxyribonucleic acid ...
DDT - Para-dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane was commonly used during the second World War. It was used to kill mosquitoes that carried malaria and yellow fever and it was also used to kill body lice that can transmit typhus.
DDT: The first chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide, Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane. It has a half-life of 15 years and can collect in fatty tissues of certain animals.
in 1973 due to the discovery of how highly toxic it was to fish and water supplies. DDT stands for Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroethane, ...
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