Talk:Methoxychlor

A fact from Methoxychlor appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 April 2006. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that methoxychlor is used as an insecticide instead of the chemically related DDT because it apparently does not lead to bioaccumulation?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2006/April.

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If it is so safe, why it is banned?

As it is written in the main article, Methoxychlor is "practically nontoxic", "not considered to be carcinogenic or teratogenic" and "does not lead to bioaccumulation". If it is so safe, can anyone explain, why its use has been banned in the US and the EU? Krasss (talk) 01:29, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]