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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
  
[Pennsalt Chemical] A brand name for a line of household [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=insecticide insecticides]. Knox-Out insecticides originally contained [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=DDT DDT] along with [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=chlordane chlordane] and [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=pyrethrin pyrethrins]. They were available as powders, sprays, and liquid emulsions. One emulsion of special concern, Knox-Out EQ-53, was made for mothproofing woolens contained DDT.  Since DDT is nonbiodegradable, any woolens treated with this insecticide will still have residual toxic compounds. Knox-Out was reformulated in the 1970s and DDT was replaced by [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=diazinon diazinon] as the active ingredient.
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[Pennsalt Chemical] A brand name for a line of household [[insecticide|insecticides]]. Knox-Out insecticides originally contained [[DDT]] along with [[chlordane]] and [[pyrethrin|pyrethrins]]. They were available as powders, sprays, and liquid emulsions. One emulsion of special concern, Knox-Out EQ-53, was made for mothproofing woolens contained DDT.  Since DDT is nonbiodegradable, any woolens treated with this insecticide will still have residual toxic compounds. Knox-Out was reformulated in the 1970s and DDT was replaced by [[diazinon]] as the active ingredient.
  
 
== Synonyms and Related Terms ==
 
== Synonyms and Related Terms ==

Revision as of 10:56, 21 January 2014

Description

[Pennsalt Chemical] A brand name for a line of household insecticides. Knox-Out insecticides originally contained DDT along with Chlordane and pyrethrins. They were available as powders, sprays, and liquid emulsions. One emulsion of special concern, Knox-Out EQ-53, was made for mothproofing woolens contained DDT. Since DDT is nonbiodegradable, any woolens treated with this insecticide will still have residual toxic compounds. Knox-Out was reformulated in the 1970s and DDT was replaced by Diazinon as the active ingredient.

Synonyms and Related Terms

Knox-Out EQ-53

Authority

  • Richard S. Lewis, Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 10th ed., 1993

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