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IN the course of work on the penetration of benzene hexachloride through the insect integument, grain weevils (Sitophilus granarius) have been exposed to filter papers impregnated with pure isomers of benzene hexachloride, and the amount taken up by the weevils determined by a micro-colorimetric method capable of estimating amounts of 10–500 µgm.
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ARMSTRONG, G., BRADBURY, F. & STANDEN, H. Penetration of the Insect Cuticle by Isomers of Benzene Hexachloride. Nature 167, 319 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/167319a0
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