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Heptachlor dust

Airborne crystalline heptachlor insecticide particulate generated during handling of the solid pesticide.

Airborne form

dust

The form describes what is suspended in air at the point of exposure. A material can produce more than one form, such as dust during handling and fume during heating.

Health effects

tremorconvulsionsliver damagecentral nervous system effectspotential occupational carcinogenicity concernliver cancer concern

Evidence

The NIOSH Pocket Guide describes heptachlor as white-to-light-tan insecticide crystals and identifies inhalation, skin absorption, ingestion, skin, and eye contact routes; its animal data report tremor, convulsions, liver damage, potential occupational carcinogenicity, and liver cancer.

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Physical Description; Exposure Routes; Symptoms; Target Organs; Cancer Site · 1
Physical Description White to light-tan crystals with a camphor-like odor. [insecticide] Exposure Routes inhalation, skin absorption, ingestion, skin and/or eye contact. Symptoms In Animals: tremor, convulsions; liver damage; [potential occupational carcinogen]. Target Organs central nervous system, liver. Cancer Site [in animals: liver cancer].

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