chemical information
CAS RN:
72-20-8
Chemical Class:
Manufacturing/Use Status
banned for use/manufacture in the U.S.
Found in these people:
Baby #1, Baby #2, Baby #5, Baby #6, Baby #9, Anonymous Adult 1, Kathy Fowler, U.S. Representative Louise Slaughter
Found in these locations:
Rockville, MD; Upstate New York, NY
Endrin
Organochlorine chemical, a class largely banned in the U.S. that builds up in the body over time, linked to cancer and reproductive harm.
Endrin has been found in 8 of the 27 people tested in EWG/Commonweal studies. It has also been found in 3 of the 2,547 people tested in CDC biomonitoring studies.
Top health concerns for Endrin (References)
| health concern or target organ | weight of evidence |
| Reproduction and fertility | unknown |
Results for Endrin
in blood serum (lipid weight)
Showing results from EWG/Commonweal Study #1, industrial chemicals and pesticides in adults, San Francisco Reporter, EWG Study #8, chemicals in mother and 2 children, EWG/Commonweal Study #4, industrial chemicals and pesticides in cord blood, EWG Study #3, industrial chemicals and pesticides in adults
EWG/Commonweal results
- geometric mean: 0.0149 ng/g (lipid weight) in blood serum
- found in 8 of 27 people in the group
CDC biomonitoring results
- geometric mean: 3 ng/g (lipid weight) in blood serum
- found in 3 of 2547 people in the group
| ng/g (lipid weight) in blood serum | 14.9 | |
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Endrin results
Detailed toxicity classifications (References)
| classification | governing entity/references |
| Reproductive effects - weight of evidence unknown/unassessed | Damgaard, I. N., N. E. Skakkebaek, et al. (2006). Persistent pesticides in human breast milk and cryptorchidism. Environ Health Perspect 114(7): 1133-8. |
