E xposure to insecticides lindane and DDT can cause cancer, according to findings released by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday. WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer ...

For many years two companies located in Bizkaia, Bilbao Chemicals (Barakaldo 1947-1987) and Nexana (Erandio 1952-1982), had been manufacturing lindane and dumping it into the environment with no ...

The only remaining U.S. use of lindane is for prescription shampoos and lotion treatments for head lice and scabies, which are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, not the EPA.

(Beyond Pesticides, December 3, 2012) The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has denied a 2010 petition filed by the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Pesticide Action Network North ...

(Beyond Pesticides, April 10, 2009) In the U.S., lindane is a pesticide approved for use in children’s lice shampoo, but not on pets or plants. In much of the rest of the world, including Mexico, all ...

(Adds details, background, more on herbicide 2,4-D) By Kate Kelland LONDON, June 23 (Reuters) - The insecticide lindane, once widely used in agriculture and to treat human lice and scabies, causes ...

The Drugs Technical Advisory Board (DTAB) has refused to prohibit manufacture, sale and import of lindane, a topical medicine used against scabies and lice infestations, even as recommending issuance ...

De jeunes rats mâles Wistar CF de 70 g environ, reçoivent un régime équilibré contenant 0 (témoins), 60 ou 240 ppm de lindane pendant 14 jours. La veille de l'expérience, tous les animaux sont mis au ...

A study of Canada geese (Branta canadensis) was conducted in the Pacific Northwest from 1978 through 1981. Lowered reproductive success, mortality of adults, and a population decline of resident ...