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| | NTP: Abstract for TR-000 - Chlordecone (Kepone) (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | Chlordecone is the common name for the chlorinated insecticide, decachlorooctahydro-1,3,4-methene-2H-cyclobuta(cd)pentalen-2-one, which is commercially available under the trade name of Kepone. |
 | | The compound, first introduced in 1958, has been used as an insecticide against leaf-eating insects, ants and cockroaches, and as a larvicide against flies. |
 | | Chlordecone was administered in the diet for 80 weeks at two dose levels, with the rats sacrificed at 112 weeks and the mice at 90 weeks. |
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