An organochlorine pesticide; induces 94.2% mortality of malaria mosquito (A. quadrimaculatus) fourth-instar larvae and 100% mortality of A. aegypti larvae at 0.01 and 0.05 ppm, respectively; increases secretion of estradiol by granulosa and theca cell co-cultures isolated from porcine ovarian follicles at ≥4 ng/ml; increases apoptosis in isolated human PBMCs from 80-150 μg/ml; increases tumor growth in a DLD1 colorectal adenocarcinoma nude mouse xenograft model at 5 nmol/kg; induces 100% mortality of C. auratus (goldfish) at 0.25 ppm; lethal to rats but not hamsters (LD50s = 120 and ~5,000 mg/kg, respectively); is a POP and is elevated in the sera of pregnant women in malaria-endemic regions of South Africa