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Mothballs are
small balls of
chemical pesticide and deodorant,
sometimes used when
storing clothing and
other materials susceptible to
damage from silverfish...
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Naphthalene is a
major component of some
mothballs. It
repels moths as well as some animals.[citation needed]
Since mothballs that
contain naphthalene are considered...
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fused pair of
benzene rings. It is the main
ingredient of
traditional mothballs. In the
early 1820s, two
separate reports described a
white solid with...
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August 29, 2014. Gettell,
Oliver (January 22, 2014). "Quentin
Tarantino mothballs 'Hateful Eight'
after script leak". Los
Angeles Times.
Archived from the...
- as
Bisphenol A (found in some plastics) and
dichlorobenzene (used in
mothballs and air deodorants), and to
banned but
persistent chemicals, such as...
- or
fully decommissioned. A
reserve fleet is
informally said to be "in
mothballs" or "mothballed". In
earlier times,
especially in
British usage, the ships...
- used as a disinfectant, pesticide, and deodorant, most
familiarly in
mothballs in
which it is a
replacement for the more
traditional naphthalene because...
- Lowry,
Cynthia (March 29, 1968). "TV Fans Save
Space Ship
Enterprise From
Mothballs".
Florence Times–Tri-Cities Daily. Florence, AL: Tri-Cities Newspapers...
- Dean
Wardlow suggest that the
poison was naphthalene, from
dissolved mothballs. This was "a
common way of
poisoning people in the
rural South", but was...
- and carcinogenic;
mothballs are
poisonous and
should not be put
where they can be
eaten by
children or pets.
Naphthalene mothballs are also
highly flammable...
