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|Section2= |Section3= }} β-hexachlorocyclohexane (β-HCH) is an organochloride which is one of the isomers of hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH).〔(Toxicological Profile for Alpha-, Beta-, Gamma-, and Delta-Hexachlorocyclohexane ), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, August 2005〕 It is a byproduct of the production of the insecticide lindane (γ-HCH). It is typically constitutes 5-14% of technical grade lindane,〔(beta-hexachlorocyclohexane (Beta HCH) ), Draft Risk Profile, May 2007〕 though it has not been produced or used in the United States for more than 20 years, i.e. since 1985.〔 As of 2009, the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants classified (α-HCH) and (β-HCH) as Persistent organic pollutants (POPs), due to the chemical's ability to persist in the environment, bioaccumulative, biomagnifying, and long-range transport capacity. This pesticide was widely used during the 1960s and 1970s, particularly on cotton plants. Although banned as a pesticide more than 30 years ago, traces of beta-HCH can still be found in water and soil. Animal studies show that organochlorine pesticides, including beta-HCH, are neurotoxic, cause oxidative stress, and damage the brain's dopaminergic system. Human studies show that exposure to beta-HCH is linked to Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease.〔(Medscape Medical News ), Pesticide Exposure Linked to Parkinson's, Alzheimer's Disease, July 2009〕 Beta-HCH was present in elevated levels in some patients as recently as 2009. It was manufactured by exhausting chlorination of benzene and for this reason was called erroneously beta-BHC. This synnonym still persists. In March 2005, the Italian National Monitoring System on Chemical Residuals in Food of Animal Origin detected levels of the pesticide beta-hexachlorocyclohexane (ß-HCH) that were 20 times higher than the legal limit of 0.003 mg/kg in bulk milk from a dairy farm in the Sacco River valley. ß-HCH, a lindane isomer and possible human carcinogen, was subsequently found in milk from several neighboring farms. A study was therefore undertaken to evaluate the extent and risk factors for contamination. 〔(), Beta-hexachlorocyclohexane contamination in dairy farms of the Sacco River Valley, Latium, Italy, 2005. A retrospective cohort study〕 〔(), Valle del Sacco: a poisoned land〕 ==See also== *α-Hexachlorocyclohexane 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Beta-Hexachlorocyclohexane」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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