The NIOSH Pocket Guide describes aldrin as a colorless-to-dark-brown crystalline solid formerly used as an insecticide and identifies inhalation, skin absorption, ingestion, skin, and eye contact routes; reported effects include neurologic, gastrointestinal, kidney, and carcinogenicity concerns, with animal tumor sites listed.
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Physical Description; Exposure Routes; Symptoms; Target Organs; Cancer Site · 1
Physical Description; Exposure Routes; Symptoms; Target Organs; Cancer Site · 1
Physical Description Colorless to dark-brown crystalline solid with a mild chemical odor. [Note: Formerly used as an insecticide.] Exposure Routes inhalation, skin absorption, ingestion, skin and/or eye contact. Symptoms headache, dizziness; nausea, vomiting, malaise; myoclonic jerks of limbs; clonic, tonic convulsions; coma; hematuria; azotemia; [potential occupational carcinogen]. Target Organs central nervous system, liver, kidneys, skin. Cancer Site [in animals: tumors of the lungs, liver, thyroid & adrenal glands].