Pure lindane is odorless.
Environmental Impact Lindane is used as an insecticide on hardwood logs and lumber, seeds, vegetables and fruits, woody ornamentals, hardwood forests, livestock and pets, and existing structures. When released to water, lindane is not expected to volatilize significantly. Transport to the sediment should be slow and result predominantly from diffusion rather than settling. Release of lindane to soil will most likely result in volatilization and slow leaching of lindane to groundwater. Lindane in the atmosphere is likely to be subject to rain-out and dry deposition.