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Mirex

Known as: Mirex [Chemical/Ingredient], Hexachloropentadiene Dimer, 1,1a,2,2,3,3a,4,5,5,5a,5b,6-Dodecachloro-octahydro-1,3,4-metheno-1H-cyclbuta[cd]pentalene 
A white, stable, odorless, synthetic, crystalline solid chlorinated hydrocarbon. Mirex was used as an insecticide against ants and as a fire… 
National Institutes of Health

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2,8-dihydromirex5,10-dihydromirexChlordeconephotomirex
DechloraneIn BloodKeponeagonists

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chlorohydrocarbon insecticidemirex/kepone

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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Assessing the estrogenic potential of organochlorine pesticides in primary cultures of male rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) hepatocytes using vitellogenin as a biomarker.
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Persistent organochlorines in beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) from the St Lawrence River estuary--II. Temporal trends, 1982-1994.
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Organochlorine contaminants in narwhal (Monodon monoceros) from the Canadian Arctic.
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Freshwater mussels as biomonitors for organic industrial contaminants and pesticides in the St. Lawrence River.
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Geographical distribution of contaminants and productivity measures of herring gulls in the Great Lakes: Lake Erie and connecting channels 1978/79.
1989
1989
Organochlorine contaminants in eggs of Common Terns from the Canadian Great Lakes, 1981.
Review
1984
Review
1984
Potentiation of halomethane hepatotoxicity: chlordecone and carbon tetrachloride.
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
The effects of twenty-two organochlorine pesticides as inducers of the hepatic drug-metabolizing enzymes.
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
The effect of various types of inducing agents on hepatic microsomal monooxygenase activity in rainbow trout.
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Induction of aldehyde dehydrogenases.
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