Hexachlorocyclohexane toxicity in water bodies of Pakistan: challenges and possible reclamation technologies [PDF]
Water Science and Technology, 2021 Pakistan is an agro-economy country where hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) pesticides are being used to improve crop productivity, as a result the risk of contamination of soil and sediment has been increased.
Talat Ara +5 more
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ChemistryOpen, 2023 This paper focuses on the evaluation of the mobility of four hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) isomers by soil vapor extraction (SVE) coupled with direct electrokinetic (EK) treatment without adding flushing fluids.
Dr. João M. M. Henrique +7 more
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Residual, Enrichment and Health Risk Assessment of Hexachlorocyclohexane and Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane in Muscle of Cultured Common Carp [PDF]
FoodsCommon carp (Cyprinus carpio) is extensively cultured and widely consumed in Heilongjiang Province, China. Due to the proximity of freshwater ponds to agricultural cultivated areas, these aquatic systems are inevitably influenced by the historical ...
Li Huang +7 more
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Transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana plants expressing bacterial γ-hexachlorocyclohexane dehydrochlorinase LinA [PDF]
BMC BiotechnologyBackground γ-Hexachlorocyclohexane (γ-HCH), an organochlorine insecticide of anthropogenic origin, is a persistent organic pollutant (POP) that causes environmental pollution concerns worldwide.
Wenhao Deng +8 more
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Level of Organochlorine Pesticide in Prediabetic and Newly Diagnosed Diabetes Mellitus Patients with Varying Degree of Glucose Intolerance and Insulin Resistance among North Indian Population [PDF]
Diabetes & Metabolism Journal, 2021 Background Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) exposure may induce an endocrine disruption which may lead to the risk of developing diabetes through alteration and disturbance of glucose metabolism, insulin resistance, and destruction of β-cells.
Shipra Tyagi +6 more
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Residual organochlorine pesticide contaminants profile in fish and sediment from a dam [PDF]
Global Journal of Environmental Science and Management, 2021 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The vulnerability of the Sankana dam to organochlorine pesticide contamination is a major cause for concern. Indigenes rely on the dam for drinking water and irrigation of their farmlands as well as for fish and other aquatic ...
N.J. Mensah +4 more
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Kinetic and sequence-structure-function analysis of LinB enzyme variants with β- and δ-hexachlorocyclohexane. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Organochlorine insecticide hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) has recently been classified as a 'Persistent Organic pollutant' by the Stockholm Convention. The LinB haloalkane dehalogenase is a key upstream enzyme in the recently evolved Lin pathway for the ...
Rinku Pandey +6 more
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Organochlorine Pesticides Residues in Soil of Soroca District, Republic of Moldova
Chemistry Journal of Moldova: General, Industrial and Ecological Chemistry, 2020 The level, composition, and distribution of hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) residues were determined by GC-ECD technique in soil samples from the Soroca district, Republic of Moldova.
Elena Culighin
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Interaction of science and practice in the protection of taiga forests of Krasnoyarsk Krai: the outbreak of the Siberian moth in the late 1960s [PDF]
Сибирский лесной журнал, 2021 The first note about the outbreaks of the Siberian moth Dendrolimus sibiricus Tschetv. (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae) was published 125 years ago. The pest outbreaks of the 1950s and 1960s are poorly documented in Krasnoyarsk Krai.
Yu. N. Baranchikov
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Amelioration of Gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane (Lindane) induced renal toxicity by Camellia sinensis in Wistar rats [PDF]
Veterinary World, 2016 Aim: A study to assess the toxic effects of gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane (γ-HCH) (lindane) and ameliorative effects of Camellia sinensis on renal system has been carried out in male Wistar rats.
W. L. N. V. Vara Prasad +4 more
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