A drug formerly used to treat infestation by scabies and some types of lice. Lindane has now been replaced by other, less toxic drugs.
An insecticide used in SCABIES and lice infestations (see PEDICULOSIS); however, head lice are now often resistant. Used excessively, lindane may be neurotoxic (damage the nervous system).
Poisonous chemicals used to eradicate pests. Different types include herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides. Pesticide poisoning, particularly in children, may result from swallowing an insecticide or a garden herbicide (see chlorate poisoning). Poisoning may also occur in agricultural workers, often as a result of inhalation or absorption of the chemical through the skin. Exposure to pesticides can also occur indirectly, through eating food in which chemicals have accumulated as a result of crop spraying. (See also DDT; defoliant poisoning; lindane; paraquat; parathion.)... pesticides
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