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  2. Lindane - Wikipedia

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    Lindane, also known as gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane (γ-HCH), gammaxene, Gammallin and benzene hexachloride (BHC), [3] is an organochlorine chemical and an isomer of hexachlorocyclohexane that has been used both as an agricultural insecticide and as a pharmaceutical treatment for lice and scabies. [4] [5] Lindane is a neurotoxin that interferes ...

  3. Ectoparasiticide - Wikipedia

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    Permethrin, sulfur, lindane, dicophane, benzyl benzoate, ivermectin and crotamiton are well known ectoparasiticides. [2] Additionally, ectoparasiticides have been used to safely contaminate rhinoceros horns with hopes of it deterring the demand for these horns on the black market.

  4. Scabies - Wikipedia

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    Scabies (/ ˈ s k eɪ b iː z, ˈ s k eɪ ... Lindane is effective, but concerns over potential neurotoxicity have limited its availability in many countries. [19] It ...

  5. Persistent organic pollutant - Wikipedia

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    Lindane (γ-hexachlorocyclohexane), a pesticide used as a broad spectrum insecticide for seed, soil, leaf, tree and wood treatment, and against ectoparasites in animals and humans (head lice and scabies). Lindane undergoes rapid biomagnification and is immunotoxic, neurotoxic, carcinogenic, linked to liver and kidney damage as well as adverse ...

  6. This Supplement Has Been Called The Fountain Of Youth ... - AOL

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    NAD+ supplements, IV drips, and injections have gained a lot of traction on social media due to their supposed anti-aging benefits. Here, doctors reveals the truth behind the trend.

  7. Hate needles? Lilly’s weight-loss pill could get FDA approval ...

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    Eli Lilly & Co., the Fortune 500 pharma firm that manufactures weight-loss injection Zepbound (tirzepatide), has a comparable oral medication in the works that could be approved by the FDA as ...

  8. Microplastics Are in All of Us. Just How Bad Is That, Really?

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    Tiny plastic particles have been found throughout the human body, but researchers say they’re just starting to understand the impact. When Jaime Ross, PhD, a neuroscientist and assistant ...

  9. Benzyl benzoate - Wikipedia

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    Benzyl benzoate is an effective and inexpensive topical treatment for human scabies. [7] It has vasodilating and spasmolytic effects and is present in many asthma and whooping cough drugs. [8] It is also used as an excipient in some testosterone-replacement medications (like Nebido) for treating hypogonadism. [9]