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Ridding the world of POPs - A guide to the Stockholm Convention on POPs

… Alpha hexachlorocyclohexane – Use of this chemical as an insecticide was phased out years ago, but it is a by-product … extensively to control termites and as a broad-spectrum insecticide on a range of agricultural crops.  Chloredecone … and insects living in agricultural soils.  Endrin – This insecticide is sprayed on the leaves of crops such as cotton …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

POPs Review Committee – Listing new chemicals

… Lindane to Annex A Lindane was used as a broad-spectrum insecticide for seed and soil treatment, foliar applications, … Although the intentional use of alpha- and beta-HCH as an insecticide was phased out years ago, these chemicals are …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Handbook for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

… of chlorinated rubber 4 CTC Manufacture of endosulphan (insecticide) 5 CTC Manufacture of isobutyl acetophenone … 1-1, bis (4-chlorophenyl) 2,2,2- trichloroethanol (dicofol insecticide) 7 CTC Manufacture of chlorosulphonated … anticol and disulfiram 18 CTC Production of tralomethrine (insecticide) 19 CTC Bromohexine hydrochloride 20 CTC …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Handbook for the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and its Protocols

… for the gamma isomer of HCH (lindane), used as topical insecticide for public health purposes. Such uses shall be …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere