lindane

How will I know if lindane is in my drinking water?

The drug, lindane, is safe when used as directed, the agency said.

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An extension to the treaty in 2009 added other substances, like Lindane.

When used correctly, lindane is considered a safe and effective treatment for scabies.

The ecological impact of lindane's environmental persistence continues to be debated.

Do not use natural latex gloves because more lindane can go through that kind of glove.

How does lindane get into my drinking water?

This is because lindane can cause dangerous side effects in certain people or if it is not used exactly as directed.

In some places, lice have become resistant to lindane.

So lindane may not work as well as other treatments for lice.

Based primarily on evidence from animal studies, most evaluations of lindane have concluded that it may possibly cause cancer.

The number of insects resistant to cyclodienes and lindane approached 300 by 1989.

EPA regulates lindane in drinking water to protect public health.

But lindane is prescribed in special cases, such as when a person has an allergic reaction to permethrin.

The plaintiffs contended that lindane is a weak estrogen compound, but the defense said it was not.

The scabies mite may be able to develop a tolerance to lindane, making the medicine less effective.

This health effects language is not intended to catalog all possible health effects for lindane.

The acrid sting of lindane fills the air.

Chemicals in lindane absorb quickly and easily.

Unlike the more toxic lindane, permethrin is considered safe for infants as young as 2 months old.

Lindane was a substance used in shampoo to get rid of nits in children's hair.

Lindane and its isomers have also been on California's Proposition 65 list of known carcinogens since 1989.

Today, only a few production plants remain active worldwide to accommodate public-health uses of lindane and declining agricultural needs.

Kwell Lotion lists lindane as an active ingredient.