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Heptachlor

Insecticide that was banned on some food products in 1975 and in all of them 1978. It was allowed for use in seed treatment until 1983. More recently it was found in milk and other dairy products in Arkansas and Missouri where dairy cattle were illegally

Source: United States Environmental Protection Agency, Terms of Environment

   
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