Once Common Pesticide Component Crossword Clue

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	noun • a white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic; used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer • a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and in various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar
	28%	6		Chemical once used as a pesticide
	noun • A toxic chlorinated polycyclic epoxide previously used as a pesticide and now considered a persistent organic pollutant.
	28%	9		Obsolete pesticide once used as an insecticide
	noun • An acaricide and insecticide that is a mixture of chlorinated camphenes, now considered a persistent organic pollutant.

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New York Times08 Feb 2011	Down 3
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