SNOW: The pesticides in question are organochlorine pesticides.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 31, 2007] Reference

Acceleration of autoimmunity by organochlorine pesticides in NZB x NZWF1 mice.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Autoimmune Epidemic] Reference

Levels of organochlorine pesticides residues in milk of urban mothers in Kenya.    From Wordnik.com.  [Modern environmental health hazards] Reference

Accumulation of persistent organochlorine compounds in mountains of western Canada.    From Wordnik.com.  [Effects of climate change on hydro-ecology of contributing basins in the Arctic] Reference

Estrogenic effects of organochlorine pesticides on uterine leiomyoma cells in vitro.    From Wordnik.com.  [Modern environmental health hazards] Reference

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are chemically related to organochlorine pesticides.    From Wordnik.com.  [PCBs] Reference

Like PFOA, organochlorine pesticides such as endosulfan also affect the immune system.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Autoimmune Epidemic] Reference

Werribee of cattle contaminated with organochlorine residues after grazing on sludge treated land.    From Wordnik.com.  [Horizon Organic to consumers: sewage sludge is good for you! | The Greenwash Brigade | Marketplace from American Public Media] Reference

The covalent bond between the carbons in sugar and a chlorine atom, making an organochlorine, like in Splenda, is deadly.    From Wordnik.com.  [My favorite dessert | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.] Reference

Dioxins -- by-products of organochlorine synthesis, waste combustion, and paper production -- are structurally similar to PCBs and PBDEs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Environmental effects on the thyroid] Reference

Back on the farm, this cantaloupe, like most cantaloupes, was treated with organochlorine pesticides—in this case, a type known as endosulfan.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Autoimmune Epidemic] Reference

Chemical contamination is a problem in Lake Huron where low concentrations of heavy metals, organochlorine pesticides and PCB's have been detected.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lake Huron, Ontario] Reference

Mothers with high levels of organochlorine compounds in their bodies are at a greater risk of bearing sons with undescended testicles cryptorchidism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Maternal Exposure to Persistent Organic Pollutants Linked to Urologic Conditions in Boys] Reference

DDT is an organochlorine pesticide that has been used as an insecticide in agriculture and to combat insect vectors of diseases such as malaria and typhus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Malaria and DDT] Reference

Concentrations of organochlorine compounds and heavy metals are known to be very low in most market food, but are of potential concern in traditional food.    From Wordnik.com.  [Renewable resource use, resource development, and global processes in the Arctic] Reference

Implications: These findings suggest that environmental chemical contamination with organochlorine residues may be an important etiologic factor in breast cancer.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Scientific Activist: explains how British PM candidates are different from US pols: Sneak Attack on Enviroment!] Reference

Similarly, other researchers showed that mice given organochlorine pesticides were much more susceptible to getting the autoimmune disease lupus than control mice.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Autoimmune Epidemic] Reference

Measurements of organochlorine molecules, including CFCs, in the lower atmosphere confirm that the global response to the terms of this protocol have been excellent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Contributor: F. Sherwood Rowland] Reference

Several hundred of the industrialized world's most toxic chemicals like PCBs and organochlorine pesticides such as DDT have transformed the Arctic into a chemical repository.    From Wordnik.com.  [KILLING OUR OCEANS: NEXT ADDED 100 MILLION AMERICANS] Reference

While most organochlorine insecticides are no longer used in the U.S., because they are persistent, they remain in soils and sediments and continually cycle through the food web.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chlorinated pesticides] Reference

An organochlorine responsible for a major fish kill.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Heavy metals and organochlorine pesticides also were found in the groundwater.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Daily News - News] Reference

Chlordecone is an organochlorine insecticide used in the French West Indies from 1973 to.    From Wordnik.com.  [RedOrbit News - Technology] Reference

The chemical compound DDT is referred to as an organochlorine or a chlorinated hydrocarbon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth] Reference

'Oyster Watch' - Monitoring trace metal organochlorine concentrations Sydney's coastal waters.    From Wordnik.com.  [MyLinkVault Newest Links] Reference

Overall, the loggerhead shrike's decline coincided with the use of organochlorine pesticides beginning in the 1940s.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Berkeley Daily Planet, The East Bay's Independent Newspaper] Reference

Chlordecone is an organochlorine insecticide used in the French West Indies from 1973 to 1993 to control the banana root borer.    From Wordnik.com.  [dailyindia.com News Feed] Reference

Previous studies examining the brains of Parkinson disease patients after death has shown elevated levels of organochlorine pesticides.    From Wordnik.com.  [HealthandAge] Reference

However, additional research is needed to identify the role of this organochlorine as a causative agent for at least some cases of Parkinson disease.    From Wordnik.com.  [HealthandAge] Reference

The coffee berry borer exclusively damages the coffee berries, and it is mainly controlled by organochlorine insecticides that are both toxic and carcinogenic.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

Obese individuals with lower levels of organochlorine insecticides in their blood didn't have diabetes (or insulin resistance) that other obese individuals did.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blisstree] Reference

Exports of fish and fish products from China have been found to contain levels of organochlorine pesticides high enough to pose a serious threat to human health.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

"Based on a biological hypothesis, we show that organochlorine insecticides may interact with ABCB1 in determining the risk of Parkinson's disease," the authors conclude.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

(organochlorine pesticides).    From Wordnik.com.  [RedOrbit News - Technology] Reference