In Colombia all uses are banned except as ectoparasiticide in human health.

A study of maternal milk carried out in 1990 in the Metropolitan Region, (Santiago), detected the presence of metabolites of DDT and lindane in all the samples; 44% of the samples belonging to high socio-economic strata surpassed the 50 ug/kg. Lindane, on the other hand, had a bigger presence in the samples belonging to low socio-economic strata, probably due to a bigger use of the chemical by the Ministry of Health in the control of the scabies and pediculosis. (9)

27. Colombia: Public Health and DDT

by Mr. J. H. Jaramillo Botero

• Considerations.
• Broad spectrum.
• Prolonged residual action.
• Elevated potential for accumulation in human and animal lipids.
• Highly neurotoxic for humans and other vertebrates.
• Presence of organochlorine insecticides in human and animal milk that are higher than acceptable risk.

• Production
• Formulation
• Marketing
• Handling
• Use
• Importation
• Application
• Dieldrin
• Chlordane
• Dodecachlor
• Pentachlorophenol
• Dicofol
• DDT
• HCB
• Heptachlorine
• Lindane
• Related Compounds

Exceptions:

• Lindane as ectoparasiticide in human health
• DDT during one year in vector control campaigns

• Importation
• Manufacture
• Formulation
• Marketing
• Use

Lindane Alternatives- Pyrethroids