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Identification of sex-specific DNA methylation changes driven by specific chemicals in cord blood in a Faroese birth cohort

open access: yesEpigenetics, 2018
Faroe islanders consume marine foods contaminated with methylmercury (MeHg), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and other toxicants associated with chronic disease risks.
Yuet-Kin Leung   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Organochlorine pesticides residues in commercial milk: a systematic review

open access: yesActa Agronómica, 2019
Milk is a very important food for human consumption, mainly due to its content of fat, protein, vitamins and minerals.  However, the use of organochlorine pesticides (OCP) for decades has contaminated the soil, water and air, and thus has also ...
Isabella Clarissa Vasconcelos Rêgo   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of the fate of trace organic compounds using the Level III fugacity model: a case study of Rajbandh open dump site in Khulna City of Bangladesh

open access: yesEnvironmental Systems Research, 2023
Khulna is the 3rd largest city corporation in Bangladesh that produces 450 tons of Municipal solid waste (MSW) per day and dumps the waste in the Rajbandh open dump site.
K. M. Pangkaj   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Organochlorine pesticide levels in Greek patients with Parkinson’s disease

open access: yesToxicology Reports, 2020
Background: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease, mostly presenting with characteristic motor symptoms. Organochlorines (OC) are a class of widely-used pesticides that have been included among the list of environmental factors ...
Efthimios Dardiotis   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Halogenated Compounds and Carcinogenesis: An Integrative Review of Their Role and Therapeutic Options

open access: yesNUST Journal of Natural Sciences, 2023
Halogenated compounds, a significant category of chemicals, have been identified as contributors to the development and progression of cancer inside the human body. The elimination of these compounds poses considerable challenges.
Hina Kausar   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Efeito de alterações nas características do solo sobre a degradação de hexaclorobenzeno Effects of soil characteristics on hexachlorobenzene degradation

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo, 2006
Alterações das características de solo contaminado com hexaclorobenzeno foram promovidas para estudo dos efeitos sobre a comunidade microbiana e sobre a degradação do composto.
Lia Emi Nakagawa   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

A possible genetic factor in the etiology of porphyria turcica

open access: yesThe Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 1962
Evidence for the existence of a genetic factor in the etiology of porphyria turcica is presented together with a statistical analysis of the probable genetic situation in families with affected children.
İhsan Doğramacı   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Melanoma and Other Melanistic Lesions in Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus From Waterbodies in the Northeastern United States and Canada: Identification of Risk Factors

open access: yesJournal of Fish Diseases, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Melanistic lesions, including non‐raised black areas due to proliferations of melanocytes and melanomacrophages in the dermis and epidermis, as well as raised black areas consistent with melanoma, are described in brown bullhead (BBH) Ameiurus nebulosus from three water bodies in the northeastern United States and Quebec, Canada.
Vicki S. Blazer   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cytogenetic anomalies of winter wheat cells, induced by chemical contamination of the territory of Kalush industrial district

open access: yesRegulatory Mechanisms in Biosystems, 2018
Mass accumulation of toxic waste near inhabited localities has changed some regions of Ukraine, in particular Kalush industrial area (Ivano-Frankivsk region), into zones of ecological disaster.
V. V. Morgun, R. A. Yakymchuk
doaj   +1 more source

Mechanochemistry as an Emerging Tool for Organofluorine Chemistry

open access: yesChemistry–Methods, Volume 6, Issue 8, August 2026.
Fluorinated scaffolds are central across many areas of chemistry, driving the demand for efficient and sustainable synthetic methods. Mechanochemistry has emerged as a powerful alternative to conventional approaches, offering reduced environmental impact, shorter reaction times, and unique reactivity and selectivity.
Marie Caldiero   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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