Lindane, a persistent, highly toxic, and bioaccumulative organochlorine insecticide, was used in agriculture and as a topical treatment for human head lice and scabies beginning in the 1940s. As its toxicity became better known, manufacture and use declined in the United States; in 2002, California banned the pharmaceutical use of lindane altogether. According to a new study, that ban appears to have resulted in steep drops in concentrations of lindane in Southern California's wastewater and a dramatic reduction in calls to the California Poison Control System. March 2008
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/outcomes-california-ban-pharmaceutical-lindane-clinical-and-ecologic-impacts
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/elizabeth-h-humphreys
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/sarah-janssen
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/ann-heil-et-al
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/environmental-health-perspectives
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pops
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-pollution
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-quality
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/lindane
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pesticide-regulation
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/california
