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Fungal Degradation of Organochlorine Pesticides
2016The last 20th century brought many scientific and technological advances to human beings. The synthesis of chemical pesticides, capable to prevent, control and eliminate some relevant pests is one of them. The infestation of crop fields with pests has repercussions directly on the quality of foodstuffs and also on economic gains.
Refugio Rodríguez-Vázquez +1 more
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Organochlorine Pesticides in Rainwater in the British Isles
Nature, 1968PREVIOUS studies of the presence of the persistent organochlorine pesticides in the atmospheric environment of this country1–3 have all indicated the need for more comprehensive surveys. The first of these studies by Wheatley and Hardman1 was confined to rainwater collected in the rural area of Wellesbourne, in Warwickshire.
K. R. Tarrant, J. O'g. Tatton
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Organochlorine Pesticides in the Atmosphere [PDF]
Nature, 1966 R. B. Harrison +3 more
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The neurotoxicity of organochlorine and pyrethroid pesticides
2015Organochlorine and pyrethroid compounds represent an old and a new class, respectively, of insecticides. Organochlorines such as DDT, dieldrin, or chlordecone, have been banned, primarily because of environmental issues. DDT is still used in certain countries to fight malaria-bearing mosquitoes, while lindane still finds some limited used against head ...
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Organochlorine Pesticides in Ginseng Root
Metrologia, 2019Ginseng is one of the most important traditional herbal medicines for health care and treatment of diseases. Trading of ginseng and related products is a multi-million dollar business. Four major countries including South Korea, China, Canada and the United States are the biggest producers and account for more than 99% of the total ...
W H Fung +9 more
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Organochlorine Pesticides in the Atmospheric Environment
Nature, 1965POLLUTION of the environment has long been a subject of public concern and much attention has been paid recently to the new ecological factors introduced by the wide agricultural usage of pesticidal chemicals. Contamination of soil and crops has often featured in environmental studies of these pesticides, but so far little attention has been given to ...
J. Thomson +3 more
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Chiral organochlorine pesticides in the atmosphere
Atmospheric Environment, 2007Abstract We measured the enantiomeric fractions (EF) of various organochlorine pesticides in air samples from Indiana, Arkansas, and Louisiana collected in 2002–2003. Enantiomeric fractions for o,p′ -DDD are reported here for the first time, and they suggest preferential depletion of one enantiomer over the other, with a mean value of 0.44.
Marta Venier, Ronald A. Hites
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Organochlorine Pesticides in the Soil in Linfen, China
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2008Ten soil samples collected in Linfen were analyzed for 21 organochlorine pesticides. The concentration of total organochlorine pesticides ranged from 4.3 to 23.2 ng g(-1) in soil from urban areas and from 26.3 to 247.4 ng g(-1) in soil from industrial plants.
D. S. Li +5 more
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Effects of organochlorine pesticides
Medical Journal of Australia, 1989R.J. McEvoy, Bruce K. Armstrong
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A review of environmental and health effects of organochlorine pesticide residues in Africa.
Chemosphere, 2019A. Taiwo
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