Finland
Control Action - Total ban for use as a pesticide
Effective 1988
Uses still allowed:  No remaining uses are allowed
Reasons for control action:   High risk to human health and the environment
Date of notification

Indonesia
Control Action Registration no longer
Effective 1985
Uses still allowed:   No remaining uses are allowed
Reasons for control action May induce adverse effects to environment and human health
Date of notification
 

Korea, Republic of
Control Action:   Sale and use of the substance and its preparations are prohibited within the country
Effective 1986
Uses still allowed:   No remaining uses are allowed
Reasons for control action:   Harmful to human health
Date of notification

Netherlands
Control Action:   It is prohibited to sell, stock or use all pesticides containing HCH (99% gamma isomer) as active ingredient
Effective 1979
Uses still allowed:   No remaining uses are allowed
Reasons for control action:   Persistence of impurities (aplha-, beta-, delta-, and epsilon-isomers of HCH which do not contribute to the activity of gamma-HCH); its high bioconcentration factor leads to biomagnification in the food chain
Date of notification

New Zealand
Control Action:   Ban on all remaining products and uses
Effective 1990
Uses still allowed:  No remaining uses allowed
Reasons for control action:   Environmental reasons
Date of notification

Saint Lucia
Control Action:   Registration refused; permitted for use as a pesticide
Effective 1987
Uses still allowed:  No remaining uses allowed
Reasons for control action:   High residual effects in soil water
Date of notification

Sweden
Control Action:   Banned for use as pesticide
Effective 1988
Uses still allowed
Reasons for control action:   Suspected carcinogenic properties and persistence

Australia
Control Action:   Severely restricted; importation of the chemical is prohibited unless specifically approved by the Government
Effective Varies from state to state
Uses still allowed:   Control of white grub in pineapple
Reasons for control action:   The persistence of the chemical makes it environmentally unacceptable

Austria
Control Action:  Severely restricted for use
Effective 1992
Uses still allowed:   Lindane is only authorized as seed dressing against soil pests for crop farming applications
Reasons for control action:   High persistence in the environment, its bio-accumulation in the food chain and in human tissues.  Lindane is suspected to have carcinogenic properties.  There is evidence that HCH-isomers act as a tumour promoter previously initiated by other chemicals

Cyprus
Control Action Severely restricted pesticide
Effective 1987
Uses still allowed:   Only formulations of lindane containing less than 20% of gamma-HCH in gasoline or paints are registered for the protection of wood (control of termites and other insects). This use constitutes about 10% of all previously allowed uses.
Reasons for control action:   Risk associated with human health and the contamination of the environment due to its persistence and accumulation of residues in mammalian tissues

Sri Lanka
Control Action Severely restricted
Effective 1986
Uses still allowed:   Only permitted for pest control in coconut nurseries and for emergency use in spotted locust control. Use in shampoos allowed if approved by the Cosmetic Devices & Drugs Committee.
Reasons for control action:   All regulatory decisions have been made on the basis of published toxicological and ecotoxicological data in relation both to the socio-economic conditions of the user and the benefits derived from using the pesticides.
 
 

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