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Reproductive Failure in UK Harbour Porpoises Phocoena phocoena : Legacy of Pollutant Exposure? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This research was supported by a Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellowship within the Seventh European Community Framework Programme (Project Cetacean-stressors, PIOF-GA-2010-276145 to PDJ and SM).
Barber, Jonathan L.   +11 more
core   +6 more sources

Mechanistic Insights Into Photocatalytic Materials for Toxic Pollutants: Environmental Remediation of Personal Care Products

open access: yesAsia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Photocatalytic materials have emerged as promising solutions for environmental applications due to their ability to degrade organic pollutants under sunlight or artificial light. In this review, recent progress on the photocatalytic materials used for the degradation of pharmaceutical personal care products (PPCPs) in environmental ...
Urvashi Sen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Kinetics of and solvent effects on photodegradation of hexachlorobenzene (HCB) and endosulfan (endosulfan I and endosulfan II) in solution

open access: yesEmerging Contaminants
Organochlorine pesticides are chlorinated hydrocarbon compounds. The production and use of organochlorine pesticides have been restricted around the world because they are persistent and toxic and able to undergo long-range transport and bioaccumulate ...
Ye Wu   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Serum organochlorines and urinary porphyrin pattern in a population highly exposed to hexachlorobenzene

open access: yesEnvironmental Health, 2002
Background Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) is caused by hexachlorobenzene (HCB) in several species of laboratory mammals, but the human evidence is contradictory.
Ribas-Fitó Núria   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Organochlorine compounds in subarctic small lakes

open access: yesArctic and Antarctic Research, 2020
The article presents the results of studies of the environmental properties of organochlorines which differ in properties and origin, in the lake ecosystems of the Bolshezemelskaya tundra (Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia). The purpose of this study was to evaluate and assess the levels, distribution characteristics and composition of organochlorines in
E. S. Kolpakova, A. V. Velyamidova
openaire   +2 more sources

Neurotoxicity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Neurotoxicity refers to the direct or indirect effect of chemicals that disrupt the nervous system of humans or animals. Numerous chemicals can produce neurotoxic diseases in humans, and many more are used as experimental tools to disturb or damage the ...
Brust   +15 more
core   +2 more sources

Pesticide Contamination in the Hair of Children From Colonia San Juan, a Rural Community in Paraguay

open access: yesDrug Testing and Analysis, EarlyView.
Hair analysis in children from a rural community in Paraguay reveals exposure to organophosphates, pyrethroids, neonicotinoids, fungicides, herbicides, and endocrine disruptors, highlighting the urgent need for stricter environmental protections and preventive health measures. ABSTRACT Chronic exposure to pesticides can cause carcinogenic, reproductive,
Stela Benitez Leite   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Thermal steam plasma decomposition of organochlorine compounds

open access: yesJournal of Physics: Conference Series, 2017
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Surov A.V.   +7 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Organochlorine compounds and testicular dysgenesis syndrome: human data [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Andrology, 2011
SummaryCryptorchidism, hypospadias, subfertility and testicular germ‐cell tumour have been suggested to comprise a testicular dysgenesis syndrome (TDS) based on the premise that each may derive from perturbations of embryonal programming and gonadal development during foetal life.
M B, Cook, B, Trabert, K A, McGlynn
openaire   +2 more sources

In utero DDT and DDE exposure and obesity status of 7-year-old Mexican-American children in the CHAMACOS cohort. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
BackgroundIn utero exposure to endocrine disrupting compounds including dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) has been hypothesized to increase risk of obesity later in life.ObjectivesThe Center for the Health ...
Aguilar Schall, Raul   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

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