organochlorine

Portable samplers using chemically treated resin and deployed at several sites on seven continents from 2005 to 2008 showed that 'organochlorine' or chlorine-containing pesticides such as DDT (Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane), chlordanes and endosuplhans (that also contains sulphur) are declining in most regions, suggesting the effect of worldwide bans.

SciDev.Net 2010

Michael Gray, a leading immunologist in Benson, Ariz., examined Joel Shipp, then 16, and found symptoms similar to those seen in "patients exposed to petrochemicals, organochlorine pesticide and organophosphate pesticides," according to Gray's report.

Ex-CIA staffer alleges agency coverup in toxin exposure case Jeff Stein 2011

But the ban on organochlorine pesticides and habitat restoration have seen the birds return in their breeding strongholds in eastern counties.

Country Diary: Waltham Brooks 2011

Among the chemicals detected in 99% to 100% of the subjects were such banned substances as cancer-causing PCBs polychlorinated biphenyls and flame retardants containing polybrominated diphenyl ethers, along with organochlorine pesticides, perchlorate and phthalates, compounds found in cosmetics, detergents, vinyl floors, toys, plastic bottles and hundreds of other products.

Landmark study finds 43 chemicals -- some banned -- in pregnant women 2011

After otter hunting was belatedly banned in Britain in 1978, numbers began to increase – particularly following the withdrawal of organochlorine chemicals and a more general improvement in water quality, leading to more fish in rivers and lakes.

Otters are back – in every county in England 2011

Similarly, other researchers showed that mice given organochlorine pesticides were much more susceptible to getting the autoimmune disease lupus than control mice.

The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008

Immunologists, meanwhile, are trying to ascertain what happens to the immune systems of lab mice when they expose them to organochlorine pesticides such as DDT and methoxychlor, the latter having been manufactured as a safer replacement for DDT and now being used widely on food crops, home gardens, and as flea and tick control on pets.

The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008

Acceleration of autoimmunity by organochlorine pesticides in NZB x NZWF1 mice.

The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008

While a few well-known organochlorine insecticides that are notoriously injurious to animals—DDT, for example—have been banned in the United States, even these persist for decades in the soil in which our fruits and vegetables are grown and in our water, meanwhile accumulating up the food chain which is why traces of DDT can be found in the steaks Becky has yet to cook for dinner.

The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008

Every single one of the female mice that the Gainsville team exposed to organochlorine pesticides rapidly developed the autoimmune disease lupus, while none of the mice in the control group did.

The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008