General Information. Endrin, a stereoisomer of dieldrin, is no longer manufactured in the U.S. All uses of the pesticide in the U.S. have been cancelled by the U.S. EPA. Endrin was used as an insecticide, rodenticide and avicide. Endrin was not widely used as a termiticide, unlike aldrin and dieldrin.

When was endrin banned in the US?

During the 1950s-1970s over two million kilograms of organochlorine pesticides were estimated of having been be released into the environment per year. Endrin was banned in the United States on October 10, 1984. Taiwan banned endrin's use as a pesticide in 1971 and regulated it as a toxic chemical in 1989.

Are organochlorine pesticides still used?

Unable to be used, and with no easily accessible means of destruction, these pesticides are now being stored by individuals and government agencies, until a permanent solution to manage and destroy them is developed. We do not have accurate information on the quantities of these unwanted OCPs that remain.