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Hexabromocyclododecane and hexachlorocyclohexane: How lessons learnt have led to improved regulation [PDF]

, 2014
This is the author's accepted manuscript. The final published article is available from the link below. Copyright @ 2014 Taylor & Francis.The use of chemicals by society has many benefits but contamination of the environment is an unintended consequence.
BSEF, Cyril O. Onogbosele, Desjardins D., Drottar K.R., Drottar K.R., EC, Hunziker R.W., IPCS, IPCS, Law K., Mackay D., Mark D. Scrimshaw, Roberts C.A., Swedish Chemicals Agency, WHO   +14 more
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Folic acid supplementation alleviates behavioral manifestations of lindane-induced seizures [PDF]

Archives of Biological Sciences, 2019
Lindane is a scabicide and pesticide that can exert neurotoxic effects such as tonic and clonic seizures that are refractory to many antiepileptic drugs.
Đurić Emilija, Hrnčić Dragan, Šutulović Nikola, Škrijelj Daniel, Grubač Željko, Ćirković Valentina, Rašić-Marković Aleksandra, Stanojlović Olivera   +7 more
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Evaluation of the pollution pressures posed by groups of chemicals on British riverine invertebrate populations. [PDF]

Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc
ABSTRACT Globally, rivers receive a diverse range of chemicals, including metals, pesticides, persistent organic pollutants, petrochemicals, human and veterinary pharmaceuticals and personal care products. However, the extent to which these different chemical groups affect riverine invertebrate communities is not well defined.
Poyntz-Wright IP, Harrison XA, Tyler CR.
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Regional differences and sources of organochlorine pesticides in soils surrounding chemical industrial parks [PDF]

, 2009
Concentrations of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs; dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethanes (DDTs), hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs), hexachlorobenzene (HCB)) were investigated in 105 soil samples collected in vicinity of the chemical industrial parks in Tianjin ...
Han, Jingyi, Jiao, W.T., Li, J., Lu, Y.L., Luo, W., Shi, Y.J., Wang, G., Wang, T.Y.   +7 more
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Drastic reduction in density of Blattella germanica and Periplaneta americana cockroaches after the application of fenitrothion and lindane in Dema, Zimbabwe

Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research, 2018
Field studies were conducted in villages near the peri urban Dema area, Seke district, Zimbabwe, in order to understand the effect of the insecticides fenitrothion and lindane on Periplaneta americana and Blattella germanica cockroaches.
N. Lukwa, T. Mduluza, C. Nyoni, M. Zimba
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A GIS model-based assessment of the environmental distribution of g-hexachlorocyclohexane in European soils and waters [PDF]

, 2010
The MAPPE GIS based multimedia model is used to produce a quantitative description of the behaviour of γ-hexachlorocyclohexane (γ-HCH) in Europe, with emphasis on continental surface waters.
A. Pistocchi, Atkinson, Bartnicki, Breivik, Breivik, Breivik, Buijsman, Catalonian Water Agency database, CEIP, Decision No 2455/2001/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Dvorská, European Comission, European Environment Agency. European Environment Information and Observation Network (EIONET), Eurpean Comission, Gusev, Gusev, Gusev, Harner, IHPA, Ilyina, INCHEM dataset, Jaward, Kucklick, Lakaschus, Li, Li, Ma, Mackay, Mathur, OSPAR Commission for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Northeast Atlantic, P. Vizcaíno, Pistocchi, Pistocchi, Pistocchi, Pistocchi, Pistocchi, Pistocchi, Prevedouros, Tuduri, UNECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe), UNEP, UNEP(United Nations Environmental Programme), Van Drooge, Van Jaarsveld, Wania, Wania, Wenzel, Willett, Wittlinger, Xiao, Zukowska   +50 more
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Reproductive and health-related hazards of Lindane exposure in Aral sea area

Environmental Disease, 2017
Background: The Aral Sea problem arises after improper regulation of the water from cross-borders river and heavy application of the pesticides over the cotton fields in the area. Objectives: This review article was designed to highlight the reproductive
Aru Balmagambetova, Ibrahim A Abdelazim, Gulmira Zhurabekova, Sapargali Rakhmanov, Yerbol Bekmukhambetov, Elnara K Ismagulova   +5 more
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Simultaneous Removal of Lindane, Lead and Cadmium from Soils by Rhamnolipids Combined with Citric Acid. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
This study investigated the performance of rhamnolipids-citric acid mixed agents in simultaneous desorption of lindane and heavy metals from soils. The capacity of the mixed agents to solubilize lindane, lead and cadmium in aqueous solution was also ...
Jinzhong Wan, Die Meng, Tao Long, Rongrong Ying, Mao Ye, Shengtian Zhang, Qun Li, Yan Zhou, Yusuo Lin   +8 more
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Modulatory effects of delta sleep-inducing peptide in a lindane model of generalized seizures [PDF]

Archives of Biological Sciences, 2018
Delta sleep-inducing peptide (DSIP) is an endogenous peptide that is constantly present in several different brain regions. Lindane is used as a pesticide and scabicide, but it also induces seizures refractory to conventional antiepileptics.
Hrnčić Dragan, Grubač Željko, Šutulović Nikola, Rašić-Marković Aleksandra, Ademović Anida, Stanojlović Olivera   +5 more
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The long-term environmental risks from the aging of organochlorine pesticide lindane

Environment International, 2020
Although increased contact time (aging) of pesticides in the soil decreases their bioavailability, this does not mean that the bound residues formed during the aging process pose fewer risk to the soil environment.
Ting Xu, Juanjuan Miao, Yawen Chen, Daqiang Yin, Shuangqing Hu, G. Daniel Sheng   +5 more
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