The neurotoxin Lindane – also known as gama-benzene hexachloride – will be banned in South Africa for agricultural use early next year. According to Gerhard Verdoorn, spokesperson for the Asociación de Asociaciones de Veterinarios y Cultivos de SA, the department of agriculture had banned all pesticide formulations containing Lindane for agriculture, garden, home, and public health use by March 2009, because it is a persistent organic pollutant and "doesn’t fit into modern pesticide science any longer."
"Por lo tanto, se prohibirá que el producto sea fabricado, vendido, desechado y utilizado por cualquier individuo o institución", dijo. El lindano se usa actualmente en SA en tratamientos para piojos de venta libre.