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Implications of differences between temperate and tropical freshwater ecosystems for the ecological risk assessment of pesticides [PDF]

Despite considerable increased pesticide use over the past decades, little research has been done into their fate and effects in surface waters in tropical regions.
Brink, P.J., van den, Daam, M.A.
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Prenatal exposure to multiple organochlorine compounds and childhood body mass index. [PDF]

Environ Epidemiol, 2022
Colicino E, Margetaki K, Valvi D, Pedretti NF, Stratakis N, Vafeiadi M, Roumeliotaki T, Kyrtopoulos SA, Kiviranta H, Stephanou EG, Kogevinas M, McConnell R, Berhane KT, Chatzi L, Conti DV.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Chemical and ecological health of white sucker (Catostomus commersoni) in Rock Creek Park, Washington, D.C., 2003-04 / by Cherie V. Miller ... [et al.] ; prepared in copoeration with the National Park Service [PDF]

, 2009
Several classes of chemicals that are known or suspected contaminants were found in bed sediment in Rock Creek, including polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), phthalate esters, organochlorine pesticides, dioxins and furans, trace metals and metalloids ...
Blazer, Vicki S., Freeman, Mary E., Miller, Cherie V., Weyers, Holly S.   +3 more
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Persistent Organic Pollutants in Tagus Estuary Salt Marshes: Patterns of Contamination and Plant Uptake

Journal of Xenobiotics
The presence of anthropogenic compounds, including organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), was studied in three salt marshes within the Tagus estuary, Portugal, along an anthropogenic pressure gradient.
Ricardo Cruz de Carvalho, João Cardoso, João Albuquerque Carreiras, Paula Santos, Carla Palma, Bernardo Duarte   +5 more
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Neurobehavioural and cognitive effects of prenatal exposure to organochlorine compounds in three year old children. [PDF]

BMC Pediatr, 2021
Vermeir G, Covaci A, Van Larebeke N, Schoeters G, Nelen V, Koppen G, Viaene M.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Pesticides’ Cornea Permeability—How Serious Is This Problem?

Pharmaceutics
Background: A total of 348 pesticides from different chemical families (carbamates, organochlorines organophosphorus compounds, pyrethroids, triazines and miscellaneous) were investigated in the context of their cornea permeability and potential to cause
Anna W. Sobańska, Andrzej M. Sobański, Karolina Wanat   +2 more
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Contaminants in Unionid Mussels from the Confluence of the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers [PDF]

, 2008
Unionid mussels were collected from three mussel beds near the confluence of the Mississippi and Illinois rivers in 2003 to evaluate concentrations of selected elements and organic compounds in three abundant species and to preliminarily investigate the ...
Esarey, Joan, Halbrook, Richard S., Hudson, Robert J., Levengood, Jeffrey M., Soucek, David J., Wimer, Wade   +5 more
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Organochlorine compounds and their reactions in the atmosphere

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 1978
Abstract To estimate the influence of the chlorinated hydrocarbons on the quality of the environment, primarily chemico-ecological and toxico-ecological data are required. In addition to their level of production, range of application, and distribution tendency, a knowledge of their transformation under environmental conditions is desirable.
openaire   +2 more sources

Synthetic organochlorines exert bone anabolic activity by modulating CCN3 signaling in osteoblasts

Environment International
Humans exposed to synthetic organochlorine pesticides such as DDT (p,p’-dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) have a higher risk of developing diabetes and other metabolic disorders.
Kai-Nong Sun, Shi-Ming Li, Zhe Liu, Ke Zhao, Meng Shen, Zi-Chao Liu, Shu-Ting Zhou, Yu-Ru Li, Rong-Zi Li, Jing-Yuan Miao, Jing-Jing He, Tao Jing, Thomas L. Clemens, Zi-Quan Lv, Qian Zhang   +14 more
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Differential Sensitivity of Nitrogen-Fixing, Azolla Microphylla to Organochlorine and Organophosphate Insecticide

Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2013
The development of the intensive agriculture in our country between 1960 and 1990 totally over passed the aspect connected with the negative impact of the toxic chemical compounds on the air, water and soil.
W Raja, P Rathaur, R Ashiq
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