Definition of "organochloride" []

• Any of very many chlorine substituted organic compounds, many of which are insecticides etc. (noun)

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• "Imported organochloride pesticides made some dents in the rising pest populations, but also killed off eels, fish, and in some cases, farmers in the rice fields Lansing, 1987."
• "The dumping of hazardous wastes, such as the 2006 dumping of poisonous oil refinery waste containing hydrogen sulphide and organochloride in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, is still a major problem."
• "Imported organochloride pesticides made some dents in the rising pest populations, but also killed off eels, fish, and, in some cases, farmers in the rice fields Lansing, 1987."