Highlights - Study - Lindane(persistent organic pollutant)in the EU - Committee on Petitions

This study was commissioned by the European Parliament's Policy Department for Citizens'Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the Committee on Petitions (PETI).Lindane was extensively produced in the EU until the 1990s and used as a broad spectrum insecticide until 2008.

The use and production of lindane is now banned in most countries around the world. However, it unfortunately continues to make itself known. Its persistence, bioacumulative and toxic properties, spillages from former production sites and the illegal dumping of HCH-waste, have given rise to serious concerns as understanding grows about the ability of HCH-polluted-spots to widely disperse HCH pollution into surface and groundwater.