What is Toxaphene?
'''Toxaphene''' is a [[chemical substance]] that is very [[toxic]]. It is a [[persistent organic pollutant]], and one of the twelve substances listed in the [[Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants]]. Its use is banned since 1993. It was used as an [[insecticide]]. It was mainly the [[cotton]] and [[soybean]] growers who used it. It was also used to treat [[Mange]] in [[cattle]]. The substance damages the [[lung]]s, the [[nervous system]] and the [[kidney]]s. It is a [[carcinogen]] and causes [[mutation]]s and [[birth defect]]s. Because it is very [[volatile]], it travels easily through the environment. {{chem-stub}} [[Category:Organochlorides]] [[Category:Insecticides]] [[Category:Carcinogens]]