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Potential lethality of organochlorine pesticides: Inducing fatality through inflammatory responses in the organism

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
Background: Organochlorine pesticides, with their environmental persistence and bioaccumulation potential, have gained significant attention. This study explores the impact of organochlorine pesticides on mortality and chronic diseases, investigates ...
Jiaxing Tan, Mengkai Ma, Xinyue Shen, Yuanlin Xia, Wei Qin   +4 more
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Assessment of organochlorine pesticide residues in soils and drinking water sources from cocoa farms in Ghana

SpringerPlus, 2016
Residues of organochlorine pesticides were determined in soils and drinking water sources in cocoa growing areas in Ghana. Soil samples analysed showed the presence of four organochlorine pesticide residues namely lindane (0.005–0.05 mg/kg), beta-HCH (
B. Fosu-Mensah, E. Okoffo, Godfred Darko, Christopher Gordon   +3 more
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Evaluation of Occurrence and Health Risk of Organochlorine Pesticides in Sediments of the Department of Bolivar, Colombia

Chemical Engineering Transactions
Organochlorine pesticides such as Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) were widely used in agriculture and vector disease control worldwide. Despite its ban in production and application since the 1970s in many countries,
Belkis Palacio-Villalba, Elin Manrique-Julio, Leonor Cervantes-Caballeros, Barbara Arroyo-Salgado, Maria C. Garcia-Espineira, Lesly P. Tejeda-Benitez   +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 ...
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Polychlorinated Biphenyl and Organochlorine Pesticide Concentrations in Maternal Mid-Pregnancy Serum Samples: Association with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disability

Environmental Health Perspectives, 2016
Background: Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) are neurodevelopmental toxicants, but few studies have examined associations with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
K. Lyall, L. Croen, A. Sjödin, Cathleen K. Yoshida, O. Zerbo, M. Kharrazi, G. Windham   +6 more
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Organochlorine pesticides exposure & preterm birth [PDF]

Indian Journal of Medical Research, 2016
Commento su invito ad uno studio su esposizione fetale a composti ...
PORPORA, Maria Grazia, RESTA, SERENA, FUGGETTA, ELIANA   +2 more
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Determination of Organochlorine Pesticide Residues in Pumpkin, Spinach and Sorrel Leaves Grown in Akwanga, Nasarawa State, Nigeria

, 2018
Three green leafy vegetable samples of pumpkin leaves, spinach leaves, and sorrel leaves were collected from a farm in Akwanga and were tested for the presence of residues of organochlorine pesticides.
E. Ibrahim, N. Yakubu, L. Nnamonu, J. Yakubu   +3 more
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Mechanistic Insights Into Photocatalytic Materials for Toxic Pollutants: Environmental Remediation of Personal Care Products

Asia-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, Gunjan Chauhan, Surbhi Soni, Monika Vats, Anand Kumar, Indra Bahadur   +5 more
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Pesticides district irrigation canals of La Doctrina (Córdoba-Colombia)

Temas Agrarios, 2018
La Doctrina district makes a great contribution to Colombian economy with production of several crops such as rice (1230 ha), corn (50 ha), African palm (300 ha), papaya (10 ha), vegetables (8 ha), and pastures (400 ha).
Gregorio De Jesús Arteaga palomo, Jose Luís Marrugo Negrete, Juan Gabriel Sanchez Castellón   +2 more
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Organochlorine pesticide level in patients with chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology and its association with renal function

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine, 2017
BackgroundInvolvement of agrochemicals have been suggested in the development of chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu). The association between CKDu and blood level of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in CKDu patients has been examined in the
Rishila Ghosh, M. Siddarth, Neeru Singh, V. Tyagi, P. Kare, B. Banerjee, O. P. Kalra, A. Tripathi   +7 more
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