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DDT's Resurrection [PDF]

Environmental Science & Technology, 2007
One year after WHO recommended the use of DDT in developing countries to prevent the spread of malaria, the debate over its safety continues.
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Variations in environmental contamination by polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) and chlorinated pesticides (Lindane, DDT) on ping farms in Hodonín district in 1994 to 1999

Veterinární Medicína, 2002
Environmental samples (n = 216) were collected at regular intervals from 1994 to 1999 on three pig farms (D., M., T.) in the area of the district town of Hodonín, Czech Republic.
R. Ulrich, J. Raszyk
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Sex differences in the association of measures of sexual maturation to common toxicants: Lead, dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT), dichloro-diphenyl-dichloroethylene (DDE), and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

Annals of Human Biology, 2021
Many studies of human toxicant exposure examine the hypothesis that human sexual maturation can be affected through endocrine disruption. Within this body of literature there is significant variation in the findings.
Casey N. West, Lawrence M. Schell, Mia V. Gallo   +2 more
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Syntheticising Scandinavia: The Introduction of Synthetic Pesticides to Scandinavian Gardens, 1945-1952

HoST, 2020
This study examines the introduction of prescriptive pesticide technologies into Scandinavian family gardens. It analyses pesticide propaganda and plant protection experts’ advice and instructions on the use of pesticides directed at amateur, home ...
Nielsen May-Brith Ohman
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Study on effect of geometry on performance of pulse detonation rocket engines

Xibei Gongye Daxue Xuebao, 2021
In order to investigate the effect of the geometry on the performance of pulse detonation rocket engines under valveless self-adaptive working mode, the multi-cycle experiment was carried out on the pulse detonation rocket engines with different mixing ...

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Adipocyte epigenetic alterations and potential therapeutic targets in transgenerationally inherited lean and obese phenotypes following ancestral exposures

Adipocyte, 2019
The incidence of obesity has increased dramatically over the past two decades with a prevalence of approximately 40% of the adult population within the United States.
Stephanie E. King, Eric Nilsson, Daniel Beck, Michael K. Skinner   +3 more
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Identification of sex-specific DNA methylation changes driven by specific chemicals in cord blood in a Faroese birth cohort

Epigenetics, 2018
Faroe islanders consume marine foods contaminated with methylmercury (MeHg), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and other toxicants associated with chronic disease risks.
Yuet-Kin Leung, Bin Ouyang, Liang Niu, Changchun Xie, Jun Ying, Mario Medvedovic, Aimin Chen, Pal Weihe, Damaskini Valvi, Philippe Grandjean, Shuk-Mei Ho   +10 more
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Adipose tissue levels of DDT as risk factor for obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2021
Background: Exposure to dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), a potent lipophilic organochlorine pesticide, has long been linked as a risk factor for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).
Neha Tawar, Basu Dev Banerjee, Brijesh Kumar Mishra, Tusha Sharma, Shipra Tyagi, Sri Venkata Madhu, Vivek Agarwal, Sanjay Gupta   +7 more
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Extracellular Vesicles as Tools for Crossing the Blood–Brain Barrier to Treat Lysosomal Storage Diseases

Life
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are nanosized, membrane-bound structures that have emerged as promising tools for drug delivery, especially in the treatment of lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs) with central nervous system (CNS) involvement.
Giovanni Lerussi, Verónica Villagrasa-Araya, Marc Moltó-Abad, Mireia del Toro, Guillem Pintos-Morell, Joaquin Seras-Franzoso, Ibane Abasolo   +6 more
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Relationship between the content of chlorinated hydrocarbons and fatty acid composition of milk fat

Journal of Veterinary Research, 2018
Reports that the presence of persistent organic pollutants in fat may affect fatty acid metabolism prompted this research aiming to study the relationship between the contents of γ-HCH and DDT, DDE, DDD, and ΣDDT, and fatty acid composition of milk fat.
Pietrzak-Fiećko Renata
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