camphechlor
E865924
Camphechlor is a highly chlorinated insecticide, better known as toxaphene, that was widely used in agriculture before being banned in many countries due to its persistence and toxicity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| camphechlor canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10479667 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: camphechlor Context triple: [toxaphene, hasAlternativeName, camphechlor]
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Challex
Challex is a small commune in eastern France’s Ain department, near the Swiss border in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
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B.
Champvent
Champvent is a small municipality in the canton of Vaud in western Switzerland, known for its rural setting and historic castle.
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C.
Chiers
The Chiers is a river in Western Europe that flows through Luxembourg, Belgium, and France before joining the Meuse.
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D.
Chamical
Chamical is a small city in central La Rioja Province, Argentina, known historically as a regional railway and agricultural center.
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E.
Chemmis
Chemmis is the ancient Greek name for the Egyptian city of Akhmim, a historically significant settlement in Upper Egypt known for its temples and religious heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: camphechlor Target entity description: Camphechlor is a highly chlorinated insecticide, better known as toxaphene, that was widely used in agriculture before being banned in many countries due to its persistence and toxicity.
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A.
Challex
Challex is a small commune in eastern France’s Ain department, near the Swiss border in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
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B.
Champvent
Champvent is a small municipality in the canton of Vaud in western Switzerland, known for its rural setting and historic castle.
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C.
Chiers
The Chiers is a river in Western Europe that flows through Luxembourg, Belgium, and France before joining the Meuse.
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D.
Chamical
Chamical is a small city in central La Rioja Province, Argentina, known historically as a regional railway and agricultural center.
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E.
Chemmis
Chemmis is the ancient Greek name for the Egyptian city of Akhmim, a historically significant settlement in Upper Egypt known for its temples and religious heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
environmental contaminant
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hazardous chemical ⓘ organochlorine insecticide ⓘ |
| causes |
kidney toxicity in animals
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liver toxicity in animals ⓘ neurotoxicity ⓘ |
| hasAppearance | yellow to amber waxy solid ⓘ |
| hasCASNumber | 8001-35-2 ⓘ |
| hasChemicalClass |
chlorinated bornane
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chlorinated camphene ⓘ |
| hasCommonName | toxaphene ⓘ |
| hasECNumber | 232-283-3 ⓘ |
| hasEnvironmentalConcern |
bioaccumulation in food chains
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long-range atmospheric transport ⓘ toxicity to aquatic organisms ⓘ |
| hasExposureRoute |
dermal contact
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inhalation of contaminated air ⓘ |
| hasModeOfAction | central nervous system toxin in insects ⓘ |
| hasMolecularFormula | C10H10Cl8 ⓘ |
| hasOdor | chlorine-like odor ⓘ |
| hasPhysicalState | solid ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryExposureRoute | ingestion of contaminated food ⓘ |
| hasRegulatoryStatus | banned or severely restricted in many countries ⓘ |
| hasTypicalChlorineContent | 67–69 percent by weight ⓘ |
| hasUNNumber | UN 2761 ⓘ |
| hasUsePattern | broad-spectrum insecticide ⓘ |
| isBioaccumulativeIn |
fish
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human adipose tissue ⓘ marine mammals ⓘ |
| isClassifiedAs |
Group 2B carcinogen by IARC
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possible human carcinogen ⓘ |
| isHighlyPersistentIn |
aquatic environments
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sediment ⓘ soil ⓘ |
| isListedUnder | Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants ⓘ |
| isPoorlySolubleIn | water ⓘ |
| isProducedBy | chlorination of camphene ⓘ |
| isSolubleIn | organic solvents ⓘ |
| mayCause | endocrine disruption ⓘ |
| wasBannedForMostUsesIn |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| wasBannedInUSYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| wasCommercializedBy | Hercules Inc. ⓘ |
| wasFirstIntroduced | 1940s ⓘ |
| wasUsedAs |
insecticide on corn
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insecticide on cotton ⓘ insecticide on livestock ⓘ insecticide on peanuts ⓘ insecticide on soybeans ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: camphechlor Description of subject: Camphechlor is a highly chlorinated insecticide, better known as toxaphene, that was widely used in agriculture before being banned in many countries due to its persistence and toxicity.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.