1. Endosulfan By: Heather Robert

2. What is it? Endosulfan is an organ chlorine insecticide and acaricide, and acts as a contact poison in a wide variety of insects and mites.

3. History Endosulfan was developed around the year of 1950. In 1954, Hoechst AG which was a German chemical life science company won the approval of USDA to have Endosulfan in the U.S.

4. Uses Used as a contact and stomach insecticide in a great number of food and non food crops. Controls over 100 different insect pests

5. Molecular Photo

6. IUAPC Name 6,7,8,9,10,10-Hexachloro-1,5,5a,6,9,9a-hexahydro-6,9-methano-2,4,3-benzodioxathiepin-3-oxide (C9H6Cl6O3S).

7. Chemical Properties Molar mass406.95 Density 1.745n g/cm³ Melting Point70-100 °C Solubility in watern0.33 mg/L

8. Toxicity highly to moderately toxic to bird species very toxic to aquatic organisms also shown high toxicity in rats

9. Health

10. What I learned Extremely harmful to people if it comes in contact It is used on vegetables fruits tobacco cotton and other farm crops similar to these.

11. Reflection Is the reason for using the molecule good enough to justify the use of that substance? Yes and No It is good because it keeps the insects off of our food It is bad because if it comes in contact with us it can be really harmful.

12. Work Cited http://www.oztoxics.org/cmwg/chemicals/rbapts_chem/Endosulfan.htmlbr />http://www.pesticideinfo.org/Detail_Chemical.jsp?Rec_Id=PC35085 http://extoxnet.orst.edu/pips/endosulf.htm