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It may be a bit confusing that the empirical formula is given as C₁₀H₁₀Cl₈ while the sum of hydrogen and chlorine atoms in the image of the molecular structure is only 16 (if the image means only the substitution of chlorine for hydrogen). It should be stated that toxaphene also contains other chlorinated carbohydrates (but I don't know which ones). Icek (talk) 21:17, 30 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

These are potential sources we can use to better this article. The sources will be properly cited if they end up being used:

• Ludvik, George F. “Insecticide.” AccessScience. McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Web. 17 Feb. 2015. Sej942 (talk) 01:12, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• http://www.epa.gov/airtoxics/hlthef/toxaphen.html Aukere (talk) 01:05, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp94-c3.pdf
• http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaqs/tf.asp?id=547&tid=99
• http://oehha.ca.gov/water/phg/pdf/Ph4Toxap92603.pdf
• http://www.epa.gov/ogwdw/pdfs/factsheets/soc/tech/toxaphen.pdf
• http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ntp/roc/content/profiles/toxaphene.pdf
• http://www.chem.unep.ch/gpa_trial/18toxa.htm
• http://www.popstoolkit.com/about/chemical/toxaphene.aspx
• http://www.toxipedia.org/display/toxipedia/Toxaphene
• https://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1316119887505/1316119944714
• 2012. Toxaphene [MAK Value Documentation, 2003]. The MAK Collection for Occupational Health and Safety. 282–297.

Itoconnor7 (talk) 01:10, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

those leads are mostly web-based, and some appear to be pretty biased or flakey. Get some peer reviewed overviews of the area. Stuff that is published. Ask your teacher about how professionals do literature searches. Here are some leads:

Tsai, W.-T., "Current status and regulatory aspects of pesticides considered to be persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in Taiwan", Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2010, 7, 3615; c Mansour, S. A., "Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in Africa: Egyptian scenario", Hum. Exp. Toxicol. 2009, 28, 531; d Lamb, J. C. I. V., Neal, B. H., Goodman, J. I., "Risk assessment of toxaphene and its breakdown products: time for a change?", Crit. Rev. Toxicol. 2008, 38, 805; e Wise, S. A., Poster, D. L., Kucklick, J. R., Keller, J. M., VanderPol, S. S., Sander, L. C., Schantz, M. M., "Standard reference materials (SRMs) for determination of organic contaminants in environmental samples", Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2006, 386, 1153; f de Geus, H.-J., Wester, P. G., Schelvis, A., de Boer, J., Brinkman, U. A. T., "Toxaphene: a challenging analytical problem", J. Environ. Monit. 2000, 2, 503. --Smokefoot (talk) 01:29, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

When we edit this article we hope to discuss the following topic in regards to toxaphene:

• History
• Chemical properties and use of the chemical
  • Farming and agriculture
• Environmental fate/persistence
• Exposure
  • Ingestion/absorption
• Health effects
  • Reproductive and developmental toxicity
  • Carcinogenicity
  • Immune system
  • Respiratory system
• Animal experiments and in vitro studies
• Regulations

Aukere (talk) 01:09, 19 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The article is about a chemical compound, NOT about what is bad about it. So stay neutral. Be mindful of WP:SECONDARY (real published reviews) and when you get close to human health WP:MEDRS. Finally, remember that you live in one country with only a few % of world's population, but Wikipedia speaks to many people. Good luck, --Smokefoot (talk) 01:58, 19 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]