{"id":367145,"date":"2026-07-10T16:57:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T11:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=367145"},"modified":"2026-07-10T16:57:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T11:27:43","slug":"aldrin-pesticide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/aldrin-pesticide\/","title":{"rendered":"Aldrin Pesticide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>\u00a0The NGT is examining mugger crocodile deaths in Kota\u2019s Chandralok River after banned Aldrin was detected and accountability remained unresolved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><strong>About Aldrin Pesticide<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_367149\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-367149\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-367149\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Source-India-Mart.jpg?resize=210%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Aldrin Pesticide\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Source-India-Mart.jpg?resize=210%2C300&amp;ssl=1 210w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Source-India-Mart.jpg?w=612&amp;ssl=1 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-367149\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; India Mart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><strong>Aldrin<\/strong><\/strong>\u00a0is a <strong>highly toxic<\/strong>, <strong>synthetic organochlorine insecticide<\/strong> that belongs to the <strong>cyclodiene group of chemicals.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Features<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Toxicity:<\/strong>\u00a0Aldrin can kill birds, fish, humans, and many insect pests including termites, grasshoppers, and corn rootworm.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Exposure:<\/strong>\u00a0Humans are mostly <strong>exposed through dairy products and animal meats<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>Studies in India indicate an average daily intake of 19 micrograms of aldrin and dieldrin per person.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Persistence:<\/strong> It is <strong>extremely toxic,<\/strong> difficult to metabolize, and non-biodegradable, allowing it to persist in the environment and <strong>contribute to bioaccumulation and biomagnification.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Legal Status:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Stockholm Convention (2001)<\/strong> lists <strong>Aldrin under Annex A (Elimination) <\/strong>as one of the original &#8220;<strong>Dirty Dozen&#8221; hazardous chemicals.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>In India<\/strong>, its <strong>manufacture, import, and use are completely banned,<\/strong> and Persistent Organic Pollutants are <strong>regulated under the Regulation of Persistent Organic Pollutants Rules, 2018<\/strong>, notified under the <strong>Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:\u00a0The NGT is examining mugger crocodile deaths in Kota\u2019s Chandralok River after banned Aldrin was detected and accountability remained unresolved. About Aldrin Pesticide Aldrin\u00a0is a highly toxic, synthetic organochlorine insecticide that belongs to the cyclodiene group of chemicals. Key Features Toxicity:\u00a0Aldrin can kill birds, fish, humans, and many insect pests including termites, grasshoppers, and corn&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/aldrin-pesticide\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Aldrin Pesticide<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,1738,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-367145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367145\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}