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Lindane, also known as gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane (γ-HCH), gammaxene, Gammallin and benzene hexachloride (BHC), [3] is an organochlorine chemical and an isomer of hexachlorocyclohexane that has been used both as an agricultural insecticide and as a pharmaceutical treatment for lice and scabies.
Hexachlorobenzene, or perchlorobenzene, is an aryl chloride and a six-substituted chlorobenzene with the molecular formula C 6 Cl 6.It is a fungicide formerly used as a seed treatment, especially on wheat to control the fungal disease bunt.
Although banned as a pesticide more than 30 years ago, traces of beta-HCH can still be found in water and soil. Animal studies show that organochlorine pesticides, including beta-HCH, are neurotoxic , cause oxidative stress , and damage the brain's dopaminergic system .
Under his tenure, the board banned a total of 19 films in the state between May 1949 and March 1952. Almost all of the films he banned depicted hetero- and homosexual relationships, sexual content, drug addiction, nudity, racial invasions, extreme violence, and pregnancy. Several of the listed banned features were unlisted.
Title Director Cast Genre Note Cast a Giant Shadow: Melville Shavelson: Kirk Douglas, Senta Berger, Yul Brynner, Frank Sinatra, Angie Dickinson, John Wayne: Action: Warner Bros. ...
Benzene hexachloride may refer to: Hexachlorocyclohexane. Lindane, its gamma isomer, an insecticide; Hexachlorobenzene, a fungicide This page was last edited on 8 ...
When Duran Duran and directors Kevin Godley and Lol Creme convened at Surrey, England’s Shepperton Studios 40 years ago, on Aug. 13, 1981, a new American cable network called MTV — which would ...
Waco is a 1966 American Technicolor Western film directed by R. G. Springsteen and starring Howard Keel, Jane Russell, Brian Donlevy, Wendell Corey, Terry Moore, John Smith, and Jeff Richards. [ 1 ] Plot