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lindane
(redirected from Gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane)

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lindane: see insecticides insecticides, chemical, biological, or other agents used to destroy insect pests; the term commonly refers to chemical agents only.

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lindane [′lin‚dān]
(inorganic chemistry)
The gamma isomer of 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane, constituting a persistent, bioaccumulative pesticide and a neurotoxin.


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nbsp;hexachloride and gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane, has been in use for about 50 years.
Last Call for Lindane by Weinhold, Bob / Environmental Health Perspectives
In probing what makes this lake different from others in the region, his group traced up to 80 percent of the gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane and other banned pollutants entering Bow Lake to meltwater from the Wapta Icefield.
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