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Lindane: Environment
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Lindane is a persistent organic pollutant according to the UN Environment Programme. It has been found in increasing concentrations in the marine environment and particularly the North Sea. It is highly toxic to aquatic invertebrates and fish.
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Lindane and its metabolites can be detected and measured in blood and body fluids by clinical laboratory tests. But although lindane can be quantified, it is difficult to derive with certainty specific exposure levels based on measured blood and tissue levels. Further, although lindane metabolites are measurable, other environmental compounds, particularly chlorobenzene, produce the same metabolites.
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Lindane should have been banned in the U.S. years ago. Fifty-two other countries have banned this 1950s-era insecticide, and it will soon be added to the list of chemicals targeted for a global ban under the international POPs Treaty, because it is a "persistent organic pollutant" known to persist in the environment, build up in our bodies and travel the globe.
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As they have reduced reliance on Di-Syston, growers have increased the spread of other insecticides, including Dimethoate, Lindane and Asana, all slightly or moderately toxic chemicals. Though Lindane is the least immediately harmful of these, the EPA banned it in 2002 for its chronic effects and persistence in the environment.
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