an organochlorine insecticide that was used in the 1960s and 1970s domestically to kill termites and agriculturally to protect crops, especially maize (corn)
an obsolete insecticide once used to kill termites, ants and other insects in agricultural and domestic situations
Aruandes esitatakse andmed LOÜ-de hulka kuuluvate püsivate orgaaniliste saasteainete summaarsete (POS-id) heitkoguste kohta ning eraldi järgmiste saasteainete kohta kilogrammides: ... 13) heptakloor, CAS nr 76-44-8; ...
Primarily used to kill soil insects and termites, heptachlor has also been used more widely to kill cotton insects, grasshoppers, other crop pests, and malaria-carrying mosquitoes.
