lindane in English

noun
1
a synthetic organochlorine insecticide, now generally restricted in use due to its toxicity and persistence in the environment.
Aldicarb, aldrin, chlordane, DDT, dieldrin, lindane , mirex, PCBs, and toxaphene are present in all our country's ecosystems, animals, and humans.

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1. Following plant injections, DDT accumulated in larger amounts than lindane and, conversely, by absorption from the soil lindane was absorbed in larger quantities.

2. Lindane meets several internationally accepted criteria for persistence, bioaccumulation and toxicity.

3. If existing stocks of pharmaceutical lindane are not used, additional lindane may be produced that would result in the generation of approximately # kg HCH residuals per year (estimate based on the lindane usage multiplied by a factor of # ), dominated by alpha-HCH, which would have to be disposed

4. Especially, the populations of predatory arthropod common species were mostly affected by the use of Lindane.

5. * provided access to alternatives to lindane, which is being phased out due to environmental concerns.

6. Among the insecticides and related compounds tested only lindane, parathion, and Dyfonate caused a reduction in DDT degradation by M. alternans, without severely reducing its vegetative growth.

7. Lindane is another type of insecticide although it is a lot stronger than other insecticides and has neurotoxin chemicals so it needs to be used carefully.

8. ‘Standard therapy consists of application of topical Acaricides (lindane, permethrin, benzyl benzoate, etc.) that must remain on the affected areas for a certain time and then be washed off.’

9. Alpha- and beta-HCH control measures currently implemented in several countries include: production, use, sale and import/export prohibition, prohibition of lindane production, establishment of inventories, clean-up of contaminated sites, access to disposal facilities for hazardous waste and management of obsolete stocks.

10. As regards the active substances fluopyram; hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH), alpha-isomer; hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH), beta-isomer; hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH), sum of isomers, except the gamma isomer; lindane (hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH), gamma-isomer); nicotine and profenofos in and on all products, Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 as it stood before being amended by this Regulation shall continue to apply to products which were produced before 4 January 2018.