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Concentrations and Water Mass Transport of Legacy POPs in the Arctic Ocean

Geophysical Research Letters, 2018
The Arctic Ocean is known to be contaminated by various persistent organic pollutants (POPs). The Fram Strait, the only deepwater passage to the Arctic Ocean (from the Atlantic Ocean), represents an unquantified gateway for POPs fluxes into and out of ...
Yuxin Ma, Dave A. Adelman, Eduard Bauerfeind, Ana Cabrerizo, Carrie A. McDonough, Derek Muir, Thomas Soltwedel, Caoxin Sun, Charlotte C. Wagner, Elsie M. Sunderland, Rainer Lohmann   +10 more
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Corrigendum: 10-year time course of Hg and organic compounds in Augusta Bay: Bioavailability and biological effects in marine organisms

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
Maura Benedetti, Maura Benedetti, Elena Romano, Antonella Ausili, Daniele Fattorini, Daniele Fattorini, Stefania Gorbi, Chiara Maggi, Andrea Salmeri, Daniela Salvagio Manta, Giulio Sesta, Mario Sprovieri, Francesco Regoli, Francesco Regoli   +13 more
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Porphyrin Status in Aluminum Foundry Workers Exposed to Hexachlorobenzene and Octachlorostyrene

, 1999
The possible interference of hexachlorobenzene and octachlorostyrene (i.e., thermal byproducts from hexachloroethane in aluminum degassing) with porphyrin metabolism was investigated in exposed workers.
Floderus, Ylva,, Thunell, Stig,, Seldén, Anders I.,, Westberg, Håkan B.,, Bodin, Lennart S.,   +4 more
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Persistent organic pollutants in smokeless tobacco from Uzbekistan, levels patterns and risk assessment

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Background Smokeless tobacco (SLT) products, notably nasvay, are widely used in Uzbekistan, yet the extent and implications of pesticide contamination in these products are not well understood.
Jasur Ravshanovich Juraev, Lyu Zhaoqing, Fan Menglin, Ulugbek Khudayberdievich Mirzaev, Boburjon Bakhramovich Mutalov, Rustam Mardiyevich Yuldashev, Shomurod Makhmudovich Rasulov, Shuxrat Utkurovich Shukurov, Harada Kouji   +8 more
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Hexachlorobenzene : CAS# 118-74-1

This fact sheet answers the most frequently asked health questions (FAQs) about hexachlorobenzene. For more information, call the CDC Information Center at 1-800-232-4636.

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Relationship of body weight to disposition of hexachlorobenzene in rats.

, 1983
Male rats of various body weights were dosed twice with [14C]hexachlorobenzene (50 mg/kg, p.o.) in olive oil by gavage on 2 consecutive days. During 2 weeks after dosage, cumulative excretion into urine was about 1% of the dose and unrelated to body ...
Rozman, K.K., Rozman, T.A., Smith, G.S.
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Deliberative public participation and hexachlorobenzene stockpiles

, 2009
This paper is concerned with the quality of citizen involvement in relation to the governance of industrial risks. Specifically, it explores the hexachlorobenzene (HCB) case relative to best practice public participation, which is consistent with ...
Lyn Carson, Carson, Lyn
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Identification of the trichloroethylene-perchloroethylene co-production process as a new source of unintentional emission of pentachlorobenzene and hexachlorobenzene

Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology
Pentachlorobenzene (PeCBz) and hexachlorobenzene (HxCBz) are persistent organic pollutants (POPs) regulated under the Stockholm Convention, and the identification of their unintentional emission sources is critical to fulfilling the requirements of the ...
Junhao Tang, Yuxiang Sun, Yujue Yang, Qiuting Yang, Jianghui Yun, Guorui Liu   +5 more
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Hypothyroidism and liver oxidative stress induced by the fungicide hexachlorobenzene in rats

, 2016
52nd Congress of the European-Societies-of-Toxicology (EUROTOX)Sep 04-07, 2016Seville, SPAINHypothyroidism and liver oxidative stress induced by the fungicide hexachlorobenzene in ...
Chalouati, Hela, Gamet-Payrastre, Laurence   +1 more
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Organochlorine pesticides and risk of papillary thyroid cancer in U.S. military personnel: a nested case-control study

Environmental Health
Background The effects of organochlorine pesticide (OCP) exposure on the development of human papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) are not well understood. A nested case-control study was conducted with data from the U.S. Department of Defense Serum Repository
Jennifer A. Rusiecki, Jordan McAdam, Hristina Denic-Roberts, Andreas Sjodin, Mark Davis, Richard Jones, Thanh D. Hoang, Mary H. Ward, Shuangge Ma, Yawei Zhang   +9 more
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