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Polyphenols Regulate the Activity of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals, Having Both Positive and Negative Effects

Journal of Xenobiotics
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are chemical substances that can interfere with any hormone action. They are categorized according to origin and use, such as industrial chemicals like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polybrominated biphenyls ...
Eleonora Leti Maggio, Carlotta Zucca, Martina Grande, Raffaele Carrano, Antonio Infante, Riccardo Bei, Valeria Lucarini, Fernando De Maio, Chiara Focaccetti, Camilla Palumbo, Stefano Marini, Elisabetta Ferretti, Loredana Cifaldi, Laura Masuelli, Monica Benvenuto, Roberto Bei   +15 more
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Alternative fungicides for the leather industry: application in various processes

, 2012
Increasingly stringent environmental legislation and indispensable use of fungicides in the tanning industry obliges tanners to adapt their processes to alternative technologies with lower environmental impact, including the search for new fungicide systems that comply with those rules.
Cuadros Domènech, Sara, Manresa Presas, Mª Angels, Font Vallès, Joaquim, Puig Vidal, Rita, Marsal Monge, Agustí   +4 more
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An In Vitro Evaluation of Industrial Hemp Extracts Against the Phytopathogenic Bacteria Erwinia carotovora, Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato, and Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci

Molecules
Pests and diseases have caused significant problems since the domestication of crops, resulting in economic loss and hunger. To overcome these problems, synthetic pesticides were developed to control pests; however, there are significant detrimental side
Getrude G. Kanyairita, Desmond G. Mortley, Willard E. Collier, Sheritta Fagbodun, Jamila M. Mweta, Hilarie Uwamahoro, Le’Shaun T. Dowell, Mwamba F. Mukuka   +7 more
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Sustainability Indicators for the Environmental Impact Assessment of Plant Protection Products Use in Moroccan Vineyards

Horticulturae
The Sebou River Basin is vital for Moroccan agriculture, particularly in terms of producing industrial crops, fruits, vegetables, and olive oil. It is especially significant in viticulture, accounting for 80% and 60% of the national production area for ...
Faiçal Aoujil, Vassilis Litskas, Hiba Yahyaoui, Nadia El Allaoui, Abdellatif Benbouazza, Aziz Aziz, Majida Hafidi, Khaoula Habbadi   +7 more
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Post-harvest physiological deterioration of cassava (Manihot esculenta) - A review

The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2016
Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is a valued root crop grown throughout the tropics for food, feed and biofuel and industrial uses. Fresh cassava roots have short shelf-life due to an endogenous phenomenon called Post-harvest Physiological ...
RAJU SARAVANAN, VELUMANI RAVI, ROY STEPHEN, SHERIFF THAJUDHIN, JAMES GEORGE   +4 more
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Does organic farming achieve environmental goals efficiently? [PDF]

, 2002
Concerns about the impact of modern agriculture on the environment have in the past few decades resulted in strict legislation concerning the leaching of nitrogen from Danish farms and their use of pesticides.
Jacobsen, Lars-Bo
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Interactions Between Industrial Yeasts and Chemical Contaminants in Grape Juice Affect Wine Composition Profile

Food Technology and Biotechnology, 2014
The interaction between four industrial wine yeast strains and grape juice chemical contaminants during alcoholic fermentation was studied. Industrial strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (AWRI 0838), S. cerevisiae mutant with low H2S production phenotype
Etjen Bizaj, Chris Curtin, Neža Čadež, Peter Raspor   +3 more
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Water quality and ecology of the River Lee: mass balance and a review of temporal and spatial data [PDF]

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2004
A regional overview of the water quality and ecology of the River Lee catchment is presented. Specifically, data describing the chemical, microbiological and macrobiological water quality and fisheries communities have been analysed, based on a division
D. L. Snook, D. L. Snook, P. G. Whitehead, P. G. Whitehead   +3 more
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Industrial Grain Hemp Variety Trial [PDF]

, 2017
Hemp is a non-psychoactive variety of cannabis sativa L. The crop is one of historical importance in the U.S. and reemerging in worldwide importance as manufacturers seek hemp as a renewable and sustainable resource for a wide variety of consumer and ...
Cummings, Erica, Darby, Heather, Gupta, Abha, Ruhl, Lindsey, Ziegler, Sara   +4 more
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The potential of organic substrates based on mushroom substrate and straw to dissipate fungicides contained in effluents from the fruit-packaging industry – Is there a role for Pleurotus ostreatus?

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2016
Citrus fruit-packaging plants (FPP) produce large wastewater volumes with high loads of fungicides like ortho-phenylphenol (OPP) and imazalil (IMZ). No methods are in place for the treatment of those effluents and biobeds appear as a viable alternative.
Panagiotis A, Karas, Sotirina, Makri, Evangelia S, Papadopoulou, Constantinos, Ehaliotis, Urania, Menkissoglu-Spiroudi, Dimitrios G, Karpouzas   +5 more
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