Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) as new Stockholm Convention POPs—a global perspective on the management of Lindane and its waste isomers

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John Vijgen1, Purushothaman Abhilash1, Yi Fan Li1, Rup Lal1, Martin Forter2, João Paulo Machado Torres1, N. P. Singh3, Muhammad Yunus4, Chongguo Tian5, Andreas Schäffer6, Roland Weber7
1International HCH and Pesticides Association (IHPA), Elmevej 14, Holte, 2840, Denmark
2Untere Rheingasse 15, CH-4058, Basel, Switzerland
3National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, 226 001, India
4School for Environmental Sciences, Babasaheb Bhimarao Ambedkar University (A Central University), Vidya Vihar Marg, Lucknow, 226 025, India
5International Joint Research Center for Persistent Toxic Substances (IJRC-PTS), State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
6Institute for Environmental Biology Group V, RWTA Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
7POPs Environmental Consulting, 73035, Göppingen, Germany

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