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Organochlorine pesticides and endometriosis [PDF]
Reproductive Toxicology, 2010 Limited study of persistent organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and endometriosis has been conducted. One hundred women aged 18-40 years who were undergoing laparoscopy provided 20 cm(3) of blood for toxicologic analysis and surgeons completed operative reports regarding the presence of endometriosis.
Mary L. Hediger +4 more
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Strategies for SERS Detection of Organochlorine Pesticides [PDF]
Nanomaterials, 2021 Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) embody highly lipophilic hazardous chemicals that are being phased out globally. Due to their persistent nature, they are still contaminating the environment, being classified as persistent organic pollutants (POPs). They bioaccumulate through bioconcentration and biomagnification, leading to elevated concentrations at ...
Rebeca Moldovan +4 more
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Monitoring of some organochlorine residues in raw bovine milk in the west Delta area, Egypt
Open Veterinary Journal, 2023 Background: For decades, the use of organochlorine pesticides has had a detrimental effect on the environment and human health. Contamination of soil, water, and air has resulted in milk being contaminated as well. Aim: The purpose of this study was to
Hussein Sobhy Abo-El-Makarem +1 more
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Applied Sciences, 2022 The refined characterization of groundwater pollution is an important prerequisite for efficient and effective remediation. A high-resolution survey of a contaminated site in a chemical pesticide factory was carried out using non-invasive geophysical ...
Zihan Yan +5 more
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Measuring exposure to organochlorinated pesticides [PDF]
Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 1998 Environmental epidemiological investigations in cancer remain, with rare exceptions, inconclusive. The difficulties of establishing patterns of measurements of exposure in the human body is one of the limitations of these studies. The findings of six recent epidemiological studies that analyzed the association between organochlorinated compounds and ...
Silva Mendonça, Gulnar Azevedo e
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Toxics, 2023 The potential negative impacts of organochlorine pesticides on the environment and human health continue to receive attention. In order to study the spatial distribution characteristics of organochlorine pesticides in the inland alpine region ...
Ruyue Yu +5 more
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Organochlorine Pesticides in Gallstones
Clinical Chemistry, 1966 Abstract A method is described for the determination of organochlorine pesticide residues in human gallstones. The difficulty caused by the presence of large amounts of cholesterol in the stones is overcome by an acetylation step in the "clean-up" procedure, and the method finishes with identification and determination of the individual ...
J. H. Simmons, J. O'g. Tatton
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Pesticides Residues in Fresh Food of Plant Origin: Case Study in Indonesia
AGRIVITA Journal of Agricultural Science, 2021 The use of pesticides in fresh food of plant origin (FFPO) such as horticulture products is widely known. Such broad implementation of pesticide can result in a tremendous usage of pesticides and, afterward, in intolerable levels of pesticide residues in
Agung Hendriadi +2 more
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Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2018 This research studied the levels and human health risk assessment of pesticide residues in consumable vegetables such as watermelon, cucumber and onions commonly sold in Benin City markets.
E.I. Atuanya, T Onuoha
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Human Risk Assessment of Organochlorine Pesticide Residues in Vegetables from Kumasi, Ghana
Journal of chemistry, 2018 The use of organochlorine pesticides has been banned worldwide due to their toxicities. However, some farmers use them illegally because of their potency.
Vincent Kwadwo Bolor +3 more
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