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Document ID (ISN)25006
CIS number 76-767
Year 1975
Convention or series no.
Title Heptachlor.
Original title Heptachlore. [in French]
Bibliographic information Data sheet on pesticides No.19, World Health Organization, Genève, Switzerland, and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Roma, Italy, Dec. 1975. 11p. 7 ref.
Abstract Contents of this data sheet: synonyms; selected physical properties; agriculture, horticulture and forestry uses as insecticide and unintended effects on fish and birds; inadvisability of household use; mammalian, human and non-mammalian toxicology; LD50; recommendations: restrictions on availability; transportation and storage; handling; disposal and/or decontamination of containers; selection, training and medical supervision of workers; additional recommendations if distributed by aircraft; labelling; precautions in use (threshold limit values, closed systems, forced ventilation, mixers and applicators, personal protective equipment); safe disposal of containers and spillage; emergency aid; medical diagnosis and treatment of poisoning; laboratory methods of detection and analysis, and in cases of poisoning.
Descriptors (primary) WHO; FAO; toxicology; pesticides; heptachlor
Descriptors (secondary) disposal of harmful waste; data sheet; forestry; mixing, kneading; transport of materials; storage; crop protection; warning notices; first aid; lethal dose 50; hazard identification; safe working methods; agriculture; food contamination; medical supervision; threshold limit values
Document type B - Chemical safety information sheets
Subject(s) Toxic and dangerous substances
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Halogenated hydrocarbons
Agricultural chemicals