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MR. E. L. TAYLOR has given1 an account of work on the acaricidal properties of a 'new' insecticide of the general formula C6H6Cl6 (hexachlorocyclohexane). This substance has been available in France for some years under the trade name of 'Aphtiria'. It would appear that a patent covering the method of preparation was taken out in France by M. Louis Gindraux in 1941. It has been used as an insecticide during the War in large quantities by the French Government with excellent results.
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BOURNE, L. Hexachlorocyclohexane as an Insecticide. Nature 156, 85 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/156085c0
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