Exposure 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 (IARC) ...

Pesticides were tied to Parkinson's disease in the Rocky Mountain and Great Plains region of the U.S., the MAP-PD study showed. Of 14 pesticides strongly associated with Parkinson's in the area, ...

A highly toxic pesticide that is one of the last such holdouts from the 1950s is being banned in the United States after a lengthy review by the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA decided not to ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The insecticide lindane, once widely used in agriculture and to treat human lice and scabies, causes cancer and has been specifically linked to non-Hodgkin lymphoma, the World ...

Learn everything you need to know about Lindane-pronunciation, uses, dosage guidelines, indications, and when to take or avoid it. Get up-to-date information on side effects, precautions, warnings, ...

Review the side-effects of Lindane as documented in medical literature. The term "side effects" refers to unintended effects that can occur as a result of taking the medication. In majority of the ...

Q. My 10-year-old just brought lice home from a friend’s house and gave it to her five brothers and sisters and myself. We have always used Lindane, but the doctor said to use Permethrin instead. That ...

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 ...

(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 ...

Knowing a little information about the available lice treatments can go a long way in helping you to make an informed choice. Products to treat lice range from over-the-counter (OTC) treatments, to ...

The insecticide lindane, once widely used in agriculture and to treat human lice and scabies, causes cancer and has been specifically linked to non-Hodgkin lymphoma, the World Health Organization said ...

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 ...