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Preliminary hazard assessment of polychlorinated biphenyls, polybrominated diphenyl ethers, and polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans to Yangtze finless porpoise in Dongting Lake, China

, 2008
Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis), a protected endangered species, is the sole freshwater subspecies of finless porpoise, living only in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, China, and its appended lakes ...
Zhang, Qinghua, Wang, Yawei, Xu, Ying, Wang, Ding, Xu, Y, Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Hydrobiol, State Key Lab Freshwater Ecol & Biotechnol, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China, Jiang, Guibin, Yang, Fangxing   +6 more
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Occurrence of Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins and Dibenzofurans and Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Fruit and Vegetables from the “Land of Fires” Area of Southern Italy

Toxics, 2017
The concentrations of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-concentrations dioxins (PCDDs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) (PCDD/Fs), and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were determined in fruit and vegetables collected in farms located in the well-known ...
Mauro Esposito, Antonella De Roma, Stefania Cavallo, Gianfranco Diletti, Loredana Baldi, Giampiero Scortichini   +5 more
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Toxicity analysis of polychlorinated dibenzofurans through global and local electrophilicities

, 2006
The charge transfer and joint hardness between benzidine, 3,3'-dimethoxybenzidine, 3,3'-dichlorobenzidine, 2,2',5,5'-tetrachlorobiphenyl, 3,3',4,4',5,-pentachlorobiphenyl and dibenzofuran with nucleic acid bases such as adenine, thymine, guanine ...
Parthasarathi, R., Subramanian, V., Padmanabhan, J., Chattaraj, P. K., Sarkar, U.   +4 more
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Psychological effects upon exposure to polyhalogenated dibenzodioxins and dibenzofurans

, 2000
Thirty workers who had been exposed to combustion products for several years due to testing of flame retarding qualities of building materials and 30 controls from the same facility were investigated.
Seeber, A., Golka, K., Kiesswetter, E., Thier, R., Kieper, H., Blaszkewicz, M., Hallier, E., Bolt, H. M., Sietmann, B.   +8 more
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Formation of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans and their precursors in fires of pyrethroid pesticide alpha-cypermethrin [PDF]

, 2011
This study reports the results of the gas phase oxidation of alpha-cypermethrin, a common insecticide, elucidating the decomposition pathways and formation of toxic species such as polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDD/
Wojtalewicz, D.A., Kennedy, E.M., E. Kennedy, Dlugogorski, B.Z., J. Mackie, S. Summoogum, Summoogum, S.L., Mackie, J.C., B. Dlugogorski, D. Wojtalewicz   +9 more
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Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans in sediments from Hong Kong

, 2002
Concentrations of 2,3,7,8-substituted polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) were determined in 14 sediment samples collected from four sites in the Mai Po Marshes Nature Reserve (within a RAMSAR Site) and ...
Prange, J. A., Poon, K. F., Lam, P. K. S., Papke, O., Gaus, C., Lam, M. H. W., Müller, J. F.   +6 more
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Comprehensive evaluation of dioxins and dioxin-like compounds in surface soils and river sediments from e-waste-processing sites in a village in northern Vietnam: Heading towards the environmentally sound management of e-waste

Emerging Contaminants, 2016
The management of electronic waste (e-waste), which can be a source of both useful materials and toxic substances, depending on the processing method, is important for promoting material cycling.
Go Suzuki, Masayuki Someya, Hidenori Matsukami, Nguyen Minh Tue, Natsuyo Uchida, Le Huu Tuyen, Pham Hung Viet, Shin Takahashi, Shinsuke Tanabe, Abraham Brouwer, Hidetaka Takigami   +10 more
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Prevention and control of contaminants of industrial processes and pesticides in the poultry production chain

, 2001
The reduction in levels of organochlorine pesticide residues in food of animal origin in the past 30 years has been achieved especially by controlling entrance via the feed chain.
Kan, C.A.
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Methods for Treating Soils Contaminated with Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins, Dibenzofurans, and Other Polychlorinated Aromatic Compounds

, 2007
This review provides a summary of methods for treating soils contaminated with polychlorinated aromatic compounds, especially polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs).
Haglund, Peter,
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POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS, DIBENZOFURANS, AND BIPHENYLS IN FREGATA MAGNIFICENS FROM ILHA GRANDE BAY, RIO DE JANEIRO STATE, SOUTH-EASTERN BRAZIL

Brazilian Journal of Oceanography, 2015
The purpose of this paper is to perform analyses in a fish-eating seabird species which is recognized to be at risk of accumulating toxic contaminants due to its high position in the trophic web and to its low ability to metabolize xenobiotic compounds ...
Aldo Pacheco Ferreira
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