Persistent organic pollutants in the Atlantic and southern oceans and oceanic atmosphere [PDF]
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) continue to cycle through the atmosphere and hydrosphere despite banned or severely restricted usages. Global scale analyses of POPs are challenging, but knowledge of the current distribution of these compounds is ...
Cochran, Michele A. +4 more
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Organochlorine Pesticides in Wolves from Galicia
Levels of seven organochlorine pesticides (heptachlorepoxide, dieldrin, endrin, p,p'-DDE, o-p'-DDT, p,p'-DDT, and methoxychlor) and DDE/DDT ratios were determined in spleen, liver, muscle, kidney and suprarenal from 12 wolves from three provinces of Galicia (eight male and four female). Analysis was carried out by GC-ECD. Heptachlorepoxide was in found
S T, Carril González-Barros +3 more
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The Application of Carbon Dots in Crops for Sustainable Agriculture
Carbon dots serve as versatile nanoagents across the crop life cycle. They promote plant growth and photosynthesis, enhance resilience to biotic and abiotic stresses, aid in postharvest preservation, and enable sensitive detection of contaminants.
Xue Li +4 more
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Evaporated extracts of samples for pesticide residue analysis simplifies transport from remote places [PDF]
The increasing use of pesticides demands a world-wide control of residue levels in food and the environment. However, pesticide residue analysis is challenging and needs both experience and instrumentation.
Terenius, Olle, Åkerblom, Malin
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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.
Imogen P. Poyntz‐Wright +2 more
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Mycoremediation of pesticide-contaminated soil: A review [PDF]
Pesticide contamination in soil presents significant environmental and health risks due to toxic residues. Traditional physical and chemical remediation methods are often expensive, ineffective at low concentrations, and generate toxic by-products ...
Pujiati +3 more
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Microbiological and Chemical Quality of Portuguese Lettuce—Results of a Case Study
In addition to environmental pollution issues, social concerns about the sustainability, safety, and quality of conventionally grown fruits and vegetables have been increasing.
Catarina Ferreira +7 more
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Detection of organochlorine compound in puyu, sepat and haruan fish caught from irrigation canals in paddy fields in Selangor and Perak, Malaysia [PDF]
A case study was conducted to investigate the concentration of organochlorine pesticide residues in fish samples collected from irrigation canals in paddy fields in Tanjong Karang and Sekinchan, Selangor and Seberang Perak, Perak, Malaysia.
Abdul Rahman, Nur Azhani +1 more
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Spatial distribution of Chlorpyrifos and Endosulfan in USA coastal waters and the Great Lakes [PDF]
Between 1994 and 1997, 258 tissue and 178 sediment samples were analyzed for chlorpyrifos throughout the coastal United States and the Great Lakes. Subsequently, 95 of the 1997 tissue samples were reanalyzed for endosulfan.
Cantillo, A. Y. +3 more
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Determination of Organochlorine Pesticides in Cheese
Abstract A multiresidue technique was developed for the analysis of 17 organochlorine compounds in cheese: α-hexachlorocyclohexane (α-HCH), β-HCH, γ-HCH, δ-HCH, aldrin, dieldrin, endrin, heptachlor, heptachlor epoxide, chlordane, o,p′-…(o,p′-DDT), p,p′-DDT, o,p′-…(o,p’-DDD), p,p′-DDD, o,p’-… (o,p′-DDE), p,p′-DDE, and the fungicide ...
A, Bentabol, M, Jodral
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