The Secretary of Health in Chiapas, rather than open itself to the possibilities, listen, research and analyse the problems related to Lindano among the indigenous population, has opted to defend itself and not worry too much about the health of the population.

The Chiapas Health Institute recognizes the use of Lindano in minors and it is essentially recommended by the health authorities: “it is recommended by diverse public health rulings and standards for the treatment of lice”.  Nonetheless, it denies that it causes cancer: “(…) to date not one case of cancer in the world due to the use of this chemical has been proven” (La Jornada, September 15^th, 2004, p. 40).  Lamentably, the Chiapas Secretary of Health didn’t know that.  Angel Rene Estrada Arevalo, head of the Chiapas Health Secretary stated that there are no studies that reflect the impact that these insecticides have on the people of Chiapas and he, “denied having knowledge that this type of chemical is being used to combat lice and in the same way, stated that those under his responsibility only use products that have been authorized by specialized medical commissions”. He also added that, “he didn’t know if there were any reports on the impact of these types of substances on the population and that the Secretary also doesn’t have any studies to this regard”. (Cuarto Poder, September 17^th, 2004, p. B4)

CIEPAC’s “Chiapas Today” Bulletin No. 426  (see www.ciepac.org) presents the possible carcinogenic effects associated with the chemical, Lindano which is frequently used in indigenous and campesino communities in Chiapas and throughout the country.  This same chemical has been banned in 17 nations of the world.  An outline of this was published by correspondent Angeles Mariscal in the La Jornada daily on Tuesday September 14^th, 2004 (page 39) and by journalist, Adolfo Gutierrez in the state newspaper, Cuarto Poder on September 15^th (page B8).  The national campaign, “No Lindano” is promoted by the Pesticides and their Alternatives Action Network of Mexico – RAPAM [for its Spanish acronym] – (for more information contact Fernando Bejarano of RAPAM, Amado Nervo Street, 23-2, Col. San Juanito, CP 56121, Texcoco, Mexico State, tel./fax:   (595) 9547744. rapam@prodigy.net.mx).

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) states that there have been reports of digestive tract inflammation, haemorrhaging, coma and death due to Lindano poisoning.  IARC as well as the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) have classified Lindano as a possible human carcinogen.  In the framework of the North American Free Trade Accord (NAFTA), Mexican environmental authorities (Semarnat) through the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CCA in Spanish) working group, along with its counterparts in the United States and Canada, are attempting to design a Regional Management Plan for Lindano to be approved in 2005 with the goal of putting restrictions on and/or eliminating the use of this pesticide.  The government should carry out a public consultation (not only with businesses) regarding this plan.  The Secretary of Health is considering prohibiting the use of Lindano but given pressure from the Lindano industry, it is very important that citizens press the issue.  At risk is the food sovereignty and health of the people.  It is necessary to support the campaigns to get the governments to ratify the Stockholm and Rotterdam Conventions.

On February 10^th, 2004, a letter entitled, “A Call to Ban Lindano in Mexico”, was signed by 140 social, civil and medical organizations as well as research centers in Mexico.  It was directed to Mr. Alberto Cardenas Jimenez of the Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat); to Dr. Julio Frenk of the Secretary of Health; to Javier Usabiaga Arroyo of the Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fish and Food (Sagarpa).  It expressed the serious effects on human health associated with the use of Lindano and that, “the information sheet on Lindano by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation provides information about and scientific references to the toxic, persistent and spreading nature (far from where it was first used) characteristics of this pesticide.  Similarly, the report, “Lindano in Mexico” by the National Ecology Institute, in chapter 2.4 “Possible substitutes” includes reference to agricultural and pharmaceutical substitutes in Mexico and references to substitutes in Canada and the United States. 

On August 19^th, 2004, several organizations in Canada and the United States sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of the United States in which they demanded a ban on Lindano due to its serious effects on the environment and human health.  Among the organizations from Canada and the United States demanding the ban on Lindano, are: Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington, D.C.; Pesticide Action Network North America, San Francisco, CA; Beyond Pesticides/National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides, Washington D.C.; Alaska Community Action on Toxics, Anchorage, Alaska; Department of the Planet Earth, Washington D.C.; Citizens' Environmental Coalition, Albany, NY; Philip Dickey of Washington Toxics Coalition, Seattle, WA; Tony Tweedale, the Secretary of the  Montana Coalition for Health, Environmental & Economic Rights, Missoula MT .

In this letter directed at the EPA of the United States in which the quick elimination of Lindano is demanded, information regarding the effects on health and the environment due to this pesticide are also included.  The information based on scientific research cited in the document refer to the neurotoxic properties of Lindano and its effects on children that have been treated with this insecticide to treat lice which include memory problems, irritability and aggression.  It refers to the suppression of key neurotransmitters such as dopamine and norepinephrine according to studies on animals and the effects on brain waves at small doses.  There are serious effects related to its ability to disrupt hormones such as: testicular damage, reduced sperm production, ovary and uterine atrophy, menstrual alterations and infertility.  It refers to its ability to be potent anti-estrogens and anti-androgens and its possible altering effects on the functions of the thyroid, its inhibiting effect on the links between and production of androgens in the prostate.  This document also provides information regarding Lindano’s atmospheric mobility in North America and its presence in breast milk and foods.

On Sepember 10^th, 2004, the American organizations, Doctors for Social Resposibility (PSR), with headquarters in Washington, sent a letter signed by 370 physicians form different states in the American Union to the Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration of the United States in which they demanded a stop to the use of toxic pesticide, Lindano for pharmaceutical and agricultural reasons in the country.  The organization, PSR, also provides lots of information from:  1875 Connecticut Avenue Northwest Suite 1012 Washington DC 20009, Tel (202) 667-4260; psrnatl@psr.org y kperry@psr.org, www.psr.org, should it be useful to the health authorities of Chiapas. 

Among the doctors of the PSR that demand a ban on Lindano are: Dr. Kenneth Ambrose, MD, Monmouth, IL; Dr. Dorothy Anderson, MD, Madison, MN; Ms. Charlene Andrews, Salem, OR; Dr. Bruce Barrett, MD, Madison, WI; Dr. Eileen Storey, MD, Burlington, CT; Dr. Emanuel Suter, MD, McLean, VA; Dr. Michael Harbut, MD, MPH, Royal Oak, MI; Dr. Wes Wallace, MD, Chapel Hill, NC; Dr. Mardia Stone, MD, New York, NY; Dr. Siobhan McNally, MD, Lenox, MA; Mrs. Patricia Hinkley, Redding, CT; Dr. Richard Slosberg, MD, Claremont, NH; Dr. Richard Newcomb, MD, Portage, IN; Dr. Jordan Rinker, MD, MPH, Corte Madera, CA; Dr. Irvin Godofsky, MD, Manhattan Beach, CA; Dr. Lewis Patrie, MD, MPH, Asheville, NC; Dr. Robert Gould, MD, San Francisco, CA; Mr. JB Ferguson, BS, Grand Junction, CO; Mr. Daryl Smith, Las Cruces, NM; Dr. Cathey Falvo, MD, Yonkers, NY; Ms. Neha Patel, Portland, OR; Dr. Joseph Duerksen, MD, Shawnee Mission, KS; Dr. Douglas Hadley, MD, Mill Valley, CA; Dr. Cary Bjork, MD, Marquette, MI; Dr. Jon Rosenblatt, MD, Rochester, MN; Dr. Edward White, MD, Damariscotta, ME; Mrs. Maria-Lourdes Caparas, Springfield, VA; Dr. George Hauser, PhD, Auburndale, MA; Dr. Peter Tishler, MD, Plymouth, MA; Dr. Carla Campbell, MD, Philadelphia, PA; Dr. Robert Vestal, MD, Boise, ID; Dr. Paul Manganiello, MD, Norwich, VT; Dr. Erica Frank, MD, Atlanta, GA; Dr. Carol Langford, MD, Duxbury, MA; Dr. Shyam Bhakta, MD, Cleveland Heights, OH; Dr. Peter Wilk, MD, Sebago, ME; Dr. Kathryn Williams, MD, Orinda, CA; Jim and Virginia Wagner, Westerville, OH; Dr. David Wallinga, MD, Minneapolis, MN; Dr. Susan Terris, MD, PhD, Red Bank, NJ; Dr. Laszlo Trazkovich, MD, Reisterstown, MD; Dr. Jim Trombold, MD, Mercer Island, WA; Dr. Robert B. Stone, MD, Yountville, CA; Dr. Renee Stringham, MD, Salem, OR; Dr. W. Jape Taylor, MD, Gainesville, FL; Dr. Abbey Strauss, MD, Boca Raton, FL; Ms. Sheryl Scott, MPH, Durham, NC; Mrs. Sandra Shapiro, Studio City, CA; Dr. Margaret Schweri, MD, Macon, GA; Dr. Don Richardson, MD, Brevard, NC; Dr. Kenneth Popio, MD, Chapel Hill, NC; Dr. Richard Peters, MD, Palo Alto, CA; Dr. Elizabeth DeNiro, MD, Mead, WA; Dr. Lawrence Plumlee, MD, Dallas, TX; Ms. Molly Oberbillig, Olympia, WA; Dr. Richard Ohrbach, PhD, DDS, Getzville, NY; Mr. James Oliver, Gaithersburg, MD; Dr. Ann Marie Nehme, MD, MPH, Beverly, MA; Dr. Patrick Meyer, MD, Janesville, WI; Ms. Margaret O'Malley, RN, Gloucester, MA; Dr. Maureen McCue, MD, PhD, Oxford, IA; Dr. William Manteris, BS, DMD, MALS, Wexford, PA; Dr. Martin Lorin, MD, Houston, TX; Dr. John McNulty, MD, Longboat Key, FL; Mr. Anton Levandowsky, MPH, MA, Seattle, WA; Mrs. Denise Martini, M.Ed, Las Vegas, NV; Mrs. Marion Kundiger, MS, Manhattan, KS; Dr. David Knutzen, MD, Waunakee, WI; Ms. Marilyn Jasper, Loomis, CA; Dr. Thomas Jeffries, MD, Raleigh, NC; Dr. Roy Korn, Jr., MD, Middleburgh, NY; Mr. Albert Huebner, MA, Canoga Park, CA; Dr. Bruce Kenney, MD, Yarmouth, ME; Dr. H. Ivor Jones, MD, Baltimore, MD; Dr. David Hall, MD, Seattle, WA; Dr. Frederick Goodrich Jr., MD, Medford, OR; Dr. Ivan Gendzel, MD, Palo Alto, CA; Mr. Harry Gewanter, MD, Richmond, VA; Dr. Jimmy Hara, MD, Woodland Hills, CA; Dr. Catherine Egan, MD, Washington, DC; Dr. Lawrence D. Egbert, MD, Baltimore, MD; Mrs. Ginny Darvill, Mount Vernon, WA; Mr. Wilbur DeHart, ScD, Dexter, MI; Dr. Betty Carlisle, MD, South Bend, WA; Dr. Margaret Craven, MD, Voorheesville, NY; Dr. Thomas, MD, Hartford, CT; Dr. Morris Barnert, MD, Palos Verdes Estates, CA; Dr. Peter Bennett, MD, Langley, WA; Ms. Michelle Chuk, MPH, Washington, DC; Mr. Nishant Shah, MD, Atlanta, GA; Dr. Marian Craighill, MD, Cambridge, MA; Dr. Daniel Wolk, MD, Narberth, PA; Dr. Eric Ossowski, MD, Scottsdale, AZ; Ms. Jennifer Liebreich, MPH, Takoma Park, MD; Dr. Sara Gibson, MD, Flagstaff, AZ; Dr. Bennie Fore, MD, Austin, TX; Mrs. Karen Ahern, Bainbridge Island, WA; Dr. Richard Kanner, MD, Salt Lake City, UT; Ms. Anne Hoff, RN, CPNP, MSN, Berkeley, CA; Dr. William Cumming, MD, Gainesville, FL; Dr. Rachel Rubin, MD MPH, Chicago, IL; Dr. Susan Koger, PhD, Salem, OR; Dr. Lorne Garrettson, MD, Sandy Spring, MD; Ms. Rhonda Rungsitiyakorn, RN, San Francisco, CA; Mrs. Betty Smay, BA, Arroyo Grande, CA; Dr. John Scoles, MD, Los Angeles, CA; Dr. Anagha Jain, MD, Sunnyvale, CA; Dr. Carl Shy, MD, DrPH, Efland, NC; Miss Stephanie Mertens, Red Bud, IL; Dr. Amy Forsee, MD, Knoxville, TN; Ms. MaryJohn VanderLoop, Ladysmith, WI; Dr. Mha Atma S Khalsa, MD, Los Angeles, CA; Mr. Harland Gibson, Carmichael, CA; Dr. Barbara Bernard, MD, Front Royal, VA; Dr. Jeffrey Greiff, MD, Plantation, FL; Ms. Tara Kamath, Santa Monica, CA; Dr. Stuart Cohn, MD, Zirconia, NC; Dr. Leonard Fisher, MD, MS, Los Angeles, CA; Ms. Joan Friedland, PhD, Cincinnati, OH; Dr. Eric Goren, MD, Colton, CA; Dr. Michele Sinn, MD, Charlotte, NC; Dr. Anne Kaufhold, MD, San Diego, CA; Mr. Christopher Oleskey, MD, MPH, New York, NY; Ms. Barbara Davidson, Iowa City, IA; Ms. Bebe Michels, BA, Woodland Hills, CA; Dr. Steven Freedman, MD, Martinez, CA; Mr. Lawrence Krantz, Bemidji, MN; Dr. Vincent Silenzio, MD, MPH, Rochester, NY; Dr. Bernard Coleman, MD, Asheville, NC; Dr. Laura Helfman, MD, Coalmont, TN; Dr. Stephen Ratcliffe, MD, MPH, Lancaster, PA; Mr. Stephen Tibbetts, Brunswick, ME; Dr. Diane Pittman, MD, Bemidji, MN; Dr. Rima Laibow, MD, Croton On Hudson, NY; Dr. John Snyder, New York, NY; Ms. Myrna Castaline, Boulder, CO; Ms. Diane de Lara, Berkeley, CA; Dr. Martin Valentine, MD, Pikesville, MD; Dr. Ronald Low, MD, Staten Island, NY; Dr. John Starr, MD, Roanoke, VA; Dr. Marc Futernick, MD, Sherman Oaks, CA; Dr. David Saperia, MD, Santa Monica, CA; Dr. Alicia Cunningham, MD, MPH, Brookline, MA; Dr. Cindy Parker, MD, MPH, Baltimore, MD; Dr. John Dinger, MD, Duncansville, PA; Dr. Renee Nilan, MD, Saginaw, MI; Dr. Felix Aguilar, MD, MPH, Long Beach, CA; Ms. Susan Allison, Boxborough, MA; Ms. Julianne Vollmer, MS, Santa Fe, NM; Dr. Reid Hartmann, MD, Cincinnati, OH; Mrs. Kathleen Morris, Columbus, OH; Dr. Therese Dowd, PhD, MPH, Akron, OH; Mr. Larry Lyons, MSW, Burbank, CA; Dr. Kent Bransford, MD, Carmel, CA; Ms. Toby Brown, Asheville, NC; Ms. Jenny Orr, West Paris, ME; Mrs. Robyn Gilden, RN, MS, Eldersburg, MD; Dr. Ross Miller, MD, Portland, OR; Mrs. Gail Payne, Huntington, NY; Mrs. Marie Jankovic-Salongcong, A.S., Montara, CA; Mr. Ryan Milley, BSN, Portland, OR; Dr. Gregory Palermo, MD, Plainfield, NJ; Ms. Deborah Sweatt, Fayetteville, AR; Dr. Naomi Rabinowitz, MD, New York, NY; Mr. Roy Harrington, Erath, LA; Ms. Ginny Dudek, Durham, NC; Ms. Susan Nelson, RN, Sioux Falls, SD; Ms. Jenny Levy, MA Candidate, Washington, DC; Mr. Howard Woo, Los Angeles, CA; Dr. Alan Lockwood, MD, Buffalo, NY; Mr. Warren Imhof, Austin, TX; Dr. Harriet S Meyer, MD, Wilmette, IL; Dr. Ron Saff, MD, Tallahassee, FL; Dr. Sharon Stechna, MD, Brooklyn, NY; Mr. Glenn M. Busset, Manhattan, KS; Dr. Anthony DeRiggi, MD, Sacramento, CA; Dr. Harvey Sparks Jr., MD, Perry, MI; Dr. John Cobb, MD, MPH, Albuquerque, NM; Mrs. Timaree Bierle-Dodds, West Roxbury, MA; Ms. Jacqueline Huck, Seattle, WA; Dr. Richard D. Glasgow, MD, Birmingham, AL; Dr. Steven Herwig, MD, West Des Moines, IA; Ms. Tracey Clark, Seattle, WA; Ms. Marie Webster, BSN, Cortlandt Manor, NY; Ms. Mary Turyk, MPH, Downers Grove, IL; Ms. Georgia Monsen, MA, Seattle, WA; Dr. Lucille Osterweil, PhD, Berkeley, CA; Dr. Sarah Buttrey, MD, Austin, TX; Dr. Ann Behrmann, MD, Madison, WI; Dr. Louis Borgenicht, MD, Salt Lake City, UT; Dr. Robert Lawrence, MD, Baltimore, MD; Dr. Martin Jones, MD, Eugene, OR; Dr. Harry Wang, MD, Sacramento, CA; Mr. Larry Meistrich, Edgewater, NJ; Dr. Kathleen Fagan, MD, MPH, Cleveland Heights, OH; Ms. Brenda Afzal, MSN, Ellicott City, MD; Mrs. Kathleen Jones, BSN, Portland, OR; Dr. Daniel Pomerantz, MD, New Rochelle, NY; Ms. Cathleen Weston, Hauser, ID; Dr. Renee Galliher, MD, Logan, UT; Dr. Michael Harris, MD, San Rafael, CA; Dr. Indra Frank, MD, Indianapolis, IN; Mrs. Larissa Melton, Chicago, IL; Dr. Sharon Sugarman, MD, Annapolis, MD; Miss Lucy Wilson, BSN, Somerville, MA; Dr. Craig Leman, MD, Corvallis, OR; Dr. Jeffrey Jensen, MD, MPH, Portland, OR; Dr. Burton Lazar, MD, Portland, OR; Dr. Claudia Martin, MD, Portland, OR; Ms. Sheila Dixon, Dallas, TX; Dr. Warren Sherman, MD, New York, NY; Ms. Naomi Feiman, Baltimore, MD; Mr. Lee Imhof, Albuquerque, NM; Dr. James Hatcher, MD, Milledgeville, GA; Dr. Robert Oneal, MD, Ann Arbor, MI; Ms. Rebecca Clouse, BSN, Annapolis, MD; Ms. Lorraine Yakush, Trumbull, CT; Mr. Ronald Galbavy, Agoura Hills, CA; Dr. Gordon W. Gritter, MD, Avila Beach, CA; Dr. David Adams, MD, Yarmouth, ME; Dr. Arthur Strauss, MD, Irvine, CA; Dr. Natasha Marston, MD, BS, Santa Barbara, CA; Mr. Greg Perkins, Long Beach, CA; Dr. Judith Broder, MD, Studio City, CA; Dr. Erica Elliott, MD, Santa Fe, NM; Dr. Laura Fox, MD, Los Angeles, CA; Ms. Luz Chacon, Los Angeles, CA; Ms. Jill Suhy, BSN, Portland, OR; Bill & Marilyn Voorhies, West Tremont, ME; Mr. Justin Bishop, BSN, Baltimore, MD; Ms. Donna West, MPH, Petaluma, CA; Miss Mary Ann Kruse, BSN, Bend, OR; Mr. Richard Deertrack, Taos, NM; Dr. Carol E. Fletcher, PhD, Ann Arbor, MI; Dr. Misha Askewn, MD, Los Angeles, CA; Ms. Karen Perry, Cass City, MI; Mr. Fred Lavy, BA, M.T., Harrisonburg, VA; Dr. Laura Anderko, MD, Whitefish Bay, WI; Dr. Laurence Kendall, MD, Revere, MA; Ms. Gladys Schmitz, Mankato, MN; Dr. Herbert Wilson, MD, Bismarck, ND; Mrs. Juanita Carl, Saint Louis, MO; Ms. Genevieve Windsor, Talent, OR; Ms. Susan Lavelle, Penngrove, CA; Dr. Yossef Aelony, MD, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA; Mrs. Gail McAdoo, Galveston, TX; Mr. Guy Deutschman, New Brighton, MN; Ms. Barbara Saiff, Destin, FL; Dr. Joseph Snow, MD, Concord, NH; Dr. Roslyn Chosak, MD, Woodbridge, CT; Dr. Carol Krohm, MD, Harvard, IL; Dr. Mary Harte, MD, Berkeley, CA; Mr. Andrew Reed, MSN, Eau Claire, WI; Dr. Indi Trehan, MD, MPH, Cincinnati, OH; Ms. Courtney Lemmon, MPH, Westport, CT; Dr. Michael Jeffries, MD, Missoula, MT; Dr. Binit Shah, MD, Akron, OH; Ms. Linette Schreiber, Upper Darby, PA; Dr. Darlene Townsend, MD, Spokane, WA; Mrs. Ann Lufkin, Hayward, WI; Ms. Maura Buckley, Indianapolis, IN; Mrs. Marguerite Bigler, RN, Salt Lake City, UT; Mr. Larry Lambeth, Springfield, MO; Miss Heidi Smith, South Easton, MA; Mr. J.C. Ward, Birmingham, AL; Mr. Michael Otto, Saint Clair Shores, MI; Mr. JC Bower, Sumner, WA; Mr. Maurice Rice, Cuyahoga Falls, OH; Ms. Jennifer Lindner, Minneapolis, MN; Dr. Sarah Edmonds, MD, Prescott, AZ; Dr. Rob Hemmick, MD, Saint Petersburg, FL; Mrs. Clarice McWilliams, Dallas, TX; Mr. Kevin Nelson, Salt Lake City, UT; Mrs. Judy Mathis, Bradenton, FL; Ms. Esther B. Wolf, Seattle, WA; Mr. Michael Mehlman, New York, NY; Mr. G. Trubow, Lombard, IL; Ms. Lorraine Poor, Boise, ID; Mrs. Leona Foreman, Fort Madison, IA; Ms. Jackie Wright, Kamuela, HI; Ms. Cheryl O'Leary, Ava, MO; Mr. Robert Whippo, Chicago, IL; Mr. Roger Merritt, Watertown, MA; Mr. Daniel Sullivan, Cincinnati, OH; Mr. Tim Hibbs, Colorado Springs, CO; Mr. Lloyd Downs, Magalia, CA; Ms. Ursula Szypryt, Parlin, NJ; Mrs. Violetta Belvill, Port Townsend, WA; Mrs. Julie Pihl, Hicksville, NY; Dr. Richard Baldwin, MD, Jersey Shore, PA; Ms. Karen Donnelly, Spokane, WA; Ms. Nancy Shukaitis, East Stroudsburg, PA; Don & Roberta Thurstin-Timmerman, Park Falls, WI; Ms. Georgia Guida, Brooklyn, NY; Ms. Marie Overall, Salt Lake City, UT; Mrs. Beverly Mann, Cocoa Beach, FL; Dr. Celeste Royce, MD, Santa Barbara, CA; Mr. Jody Powell, Bend, OR; Mrs. Carol Wise-Littrell, Novato, CA; Miss Wendy Dunn, Sarasota, FL; Mr. John F. Chapman, Jackson, WY; Ms. Jodi O'Hara, Nashville, TN; Dr. Todd Walker, MD, South Milwaukee, WI; Mrs. Karen Young, Mogadore, OH; Ms. Frances McGuire, Ronkonkoma, NY; Dr. James Nickel, MD, Moline, IL; Mr. Philip Milgrom, Warren, MA; Mrs. Barbar Percival, Garden City, KS; Ms. Debrah Roemisch, Fort Wayne, IN; Mr. Michael Toobert, Grass Valley, CA; Mr. Carl Topke, Tampa, FL; Mrs. Elaine Brown, Dickson, TN; Miss Carla Loosier, Atlanta, GA; Mrs. Pat Medeiros, Taunton, MA; Ms. Melva Marsha Powell, Philadelphia, PA; Mrs. Mary Koors, Tipton, IN; Dr. Jessica Fielden, MD, Oakland, CA; Ms. Gloria Keller, The Dalles, OR; Mr. Karl Kilgren, Lawrence, KS; Dr. Christine Asher, MD, Clarksville, TN; Dr. Kelly Orringer, MD, Ann Arbor, MI; Mr. Steve Longo, Bethpage, NY; Dr. Ivan Rarick, MD, Carmichael, CA; Dr. Stacey Raffety, MD, Tigard, OR; Mr. Gordon Secker, Sharon Springs, NY; Mrs. Linda Hoyt, Saint Louis, MO; Dr. John McWilliams, MD, Dallas, TX; Dr. David Ames, MD, Greenville, NC; Mr. Josh Rosen, Brevard, NC; Mr. Gary Harrold, Aptos, CA; Mr. John Riccio, Naples, FL; Dr. Larry Derbes, MD, Waikoloa, HI; Ms. Beverly Zimmerman, Branford, CT; Ms. Carol George, Raleigh, NC; Mrs. Jan Pizzo, Bend, OR; Ms. Jean Harmon, Neskowin, OR; Ms. Chalandra Robinson, Houston, TX; Mrs. Rita Tobachnik, Yonkers, NY; Dr. Louis Borgenicht, MD, Salt Lake City, UT; Dr. Alfred E. Peterson, MD, Binghamton, NY; Dr. Jeoffry Gordon, MD, San Diego, CA; Rev. D. A. Reeves, New Orleans, LA; Dr. Sean McCloy, MD, Portland, ME; Dr. Nikitas Zervanos, MD, Lancaster, PA; Ms. Irene Bunin, Sandwich, MA; Dr. Don Gentry, MD, Corpus Christi, TX; Dr. Stephen Rovno, MD, Camp Connell, CA; Ms. Johnna Edmunds,MSN, FNP, Petaluma, CA; Ms. Nancy Hirschfeld, Slidell, LA; Mr. Bill Murawski, New York, NY; Dr. Thomas McLoughlin, MD, Naples, FL; Dr. Robert Resnik, MD, Bethesda, MD; Dr. James Metzger, MD, Williamsville, NY; Mrs. Sandra Page Mitchell, MA, Beverly Hills, CA; Dr. R. Ed Myer, MD, Seattle, WA; Ms. Kelli Ruckman, Elko, NV; Dr. Jeffrey Patterson, MD, Madison, WI; Mr. David Elliott, Fresno, CA; Mr. Kendall Clevenger, Cass Lake, MN; Ms. Debra Seeley, Iowa City, IA; Ms. Marcela O'Brien, Portland, OR; Dr. Henry D'Silva, MD, Newtown, PA; Ms. T Bauguess, Santa Clara, CA; Dr. Carolyn Shettler, MD, Dearborn, MI; Mrs. Antoinette Gilchrist, Minneapolis, MN; Dr. Catherine Thomasson, MD, Portland, OR; Ms. Oluwatoyin Mixon, Long Beach, CA; Ms. Mimi Swensen, Laurence Harbor, NJ; Dr. John Wesley, MD, Vernon Hills, IL; Ms. Britta Gustavson, BA, Ann Arbor, MI.

Among the social, civil, research and medical organizations, etc. demanding a ban on Lindano in Mexico, there are: RAPAM; Huichole y Plaguicidas; Proyecto Fronterizo de Educación Ambiental; Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental (CEMDA); Ecología y Desarrollo y Tlaxcala y Puebla A.C.; Greenpeace México; Grupo de los Cien Internacional; Enlace Comunicación y Capacitación, A.C; Asociación de Consumidores Orgánicos; DECA Equipo Pueblo, A.C.; Mujer y Medio Ambiente, A.C.; Red de Comunicación de Morelos; Las Cañadas-bosque de Niebla; Asoc. de Controladores de Plagas Urbanas del Estado de Morelos (ECOPLAN); Ecosta Yutu Cuii S.S.S.; Presencia Ciudadana Mexicana, A.C.; Red Mexicana de Acción Frente al Libre Comercio (RMALC); Centro Nacional de Misiones Indígenas (CENAMI) Área de Agroecología; GIRA A.C. Morelia, Mich.; Sociedad Ecologista Hidalguense A. C.; Grupo de Tecnología Alternativa S.C.; Fronteras Comunes A.C.; Nocon. S.A; Grupo de Educación Popular con Mujeres A.C.; Red Fronteriza de Salud y Ambiente, A.C.; Cultura Joven A.C.; CIDHAL, A.C.; Red de Permacultura; Promotores y Comunicadores Ambientales, A.C.; Instituto Maya; Centro de Análisis Social, Información y Formación Popular, A.C. (CASIFOP); Espacio de Salud, A.C.; Centro de Investigación y Capacitación Rural A.C.; Red de Información y Acción Ambiental de Veracruz; Programa Mecanismos de Conservación de Tierras; Pronatura Veracruz; Red de Estudios para el Desarrollo Rural (Red A.C.); Unión de Grupos Ambientalistas, I.A.P.; Asociación Ambientalista Guerreros Verdes A.C.; Colectivo Sociedad Civil Enlazadora de Mundos; Revista Paideia; Franciscans International-México, A.C.; Centro de Investigaciones Económicas y Políticas de Acción Comunitaria (CIEPAC), Chiapas; Periodismo para Elevar la Conciencia Ecológica; Asociación Nacional de Productores Orgánicos y de Apoyo Comunitario, A.C. Oaxaca; Grupo de Estudios Ambientales GEA, A.C.; Grupo de Mujeres Ribereñas, A.C.; Pastoral Social y Derechos Humanos, Diócesis de Tarahumara; Asociación Cívica A.C. en el D.F.; Colectivo Ecologista Jalisco; Red Ambiental; Juvenil de Yucatán AC; Programa para el Desarrollo de las Comunidades; Indìgenas Zona Maya Norte de Quintana Roo, Yumbalam A.C.; Despacho Agropecuario Especializado en Planeación Participativa, S.C. (DAEPP, S.C.); EMAS, A.C.; Servicios Humanitarios en Salud Sexual y Reproductiva, AC.; Unidad de Atención Sicológica, Sexológica y Educativa para el Crecimiento Personal, AC.; Bios Iguana A.C.; Desarrollo Empresarial La Victoria, S.A. de C.V.; Promoción para la Equidad entre los Géneros, Ma. Luisa Martínez A.C.; Adriana Nelly Correa. Miembro del Consejo Consultivo Público Conjunto de la Comissión para la Coperación Ambiental de América del Norte; Consejo Regional Otomí del Alto Lerma; Consejo Mexicano para el Desarrollo Sustentable; Central Independiente de Obreros Agrícolas y Campesinos (CIOAC); COAECH, Chiapas; Comisión Ejecutiva Nacional, Asociación de Mujeres Mexicanas Organizadas en Red (AMMOR) miembro de UNORCA; Unión Nacional de Organizaciones de Forestería Comunal, A. C.; Alianza Mexicana por la Autodeterminación de los Pueblos (AMAP); Consejo de Organizaciones de Médicos y Parteras Indígenas de Chiapas ( COMPITCH); Organizaciones Indias por los Derechos Humanos en Oaxaca, A.C. (OIDHO); Consejo de la Nación Otomí. Organizaciones que integran el Movimiento El Campo No aguanta Más: Asociación Mexicana de Uniones de Crédito del Sector Social (AMUC); Asociación Nacional de Empresas Comercializadoras del Campo (ANEC); Central Independiente de Obreros Agrícolas y Campesinos (CIOAC); Coalición de Organizaciones Democráticas Urbanas y Campesinas, A.C. (CODUC); Coordinadora Nacional de Organizaciones Cafetaleras (CNOC); Coordinadora Nacional Plan de Ayala (CNPA); Red Mexicana de Organizaciones Campesinas Forestales (RED MOCAF); Unión Nacional de Organizaciones en Forestería Comunitaria (UNOFOC); Unión Nacional de Organizaciones Regionales Campesinas Autónomas (UNORCA). Entre los académicos e investigadores se encuentran: Dr. Jorge Arturo Díaz de León. Facultad de Medicina de la UNAM; M.C. José Manuel Vázquez Navarro Catedrático de la Facultad de Agricultura y Zootecnia, Gómez Palacio, Durango, UJED; Dr. Roberto García Espinoza, Instituto de Fitosanidad (IFIT) Colegio de Posgraduados; Dr. Cesáreo Rodríguez, Instituto De Fitosanidad (IFIT) Colegio de Posgraduados; Dr. Fidel Márquez Sánchez, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo; Dr. Guillermo Galindo Reyes, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa; Miguel Betancourt Lozano, Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo (CIAD- Unidad Mazatlán); Dr. Víctor Castellanos Vargas, DAC Básicas, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco; Mayte G. Cervantes Badillo, Facultad de Ciencias UAEM; Dr. Antonio Sarmiento Galán; Dr. Antonio Sarmiento Galán, Instituto de Matemáticas, UNAM; Dra. Patricia Romero Lankao UAM-Campus Xochimilco; Dra. Luisa Paré, Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales-UNAM; Dr. Jesús López Estrada, F. Ciencias, UNAM; Dr. Víctor Castellanos Vargas, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco; Dr. Roberto Rico Martínez Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Centro de Ciencias Básicas Departamento de Química. Investigador en Toxicología Acuática; Dra. Patricia Ramírez Romero, UAM- Iztapalapa, Asociación Mesoamericana de Ecotoxicología y Química Ambiental, A. C.; Dilian Noemí Anguas Cabrera, estudiante de posgrado I.C.M.L-UNAM; Laboratorio de invertebrados bentonicos y poliquetos, Mázatlan, Sinaloa; M.en C.Sebastian Ricardo Zuñiga Lagunes, Lab. de Ecofisiología. Fac. Ciencias, UNAM; Dr. Jorge R. Ruelas Inzunza, Inst. Tecnológico del Mar en Mazatlán; Ing. Luis Manuel Rodríguez Sánchez, Departamento de Producción Agrícola y Animal, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Xochimilco; Héctor González Hernández, PhD Profesor Investigador Adjunto Área Plagas de Frutales; Instituto de Fitosanidad, Colegio de Postgraduados; Ana Laura Domínguez Orozco - profesor - Investigador del Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional - Unidad Sinaloa Instituto Politécnico Nacional; Biol. Omar Arellano Aguilar Instituto de Ecología UNAM; Dr. Fernando Bahena Juárez, grupo de investigadores del Centro Nacional de Investigaciones en Producción Sostenible del INIFAP, Morelia, Mich.; Ing. Dulce Oliva Leyva Cardoso (ENCB, IPN) Laboratorio de Contaminación Marina ICMYL,UNAM, ISA; Dr. Jorge R. Ruelas Inzunza, Inst. Tecnológico del Mar en Mazatlán; Dra. Jaqueline Garcia Hernandez, Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo A.C. Unidad Guaymas; Dr. Moisés Mendoza de Fitotecnia UACh; Dr. Lorenzo M Bozada Robles; Rodolfo Baruch Maldonado; M.C. Laura Gòmez Tovar Investigadora Externa of CIESTAAM, UACh and Organic Products and Fair Trade inspector; Samuel I. Levy Tacher Profesor Asociado Ecosur; Eckart Boege, Karina Boege, Martin Boege, Tonanzin Gómez Alarcón, Veronica Villa Arias, Ada Elena Popoca Vázquez, Evelyn Aron,  and another 20 signatures from organizations and individuals that sent faxes to Dr. Lombera of the Secretary of Health.

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