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An Analytical Implication to Chlorides Determination in Catalytic Hydrodechlorination Reaction of DDT by Ion Chromatography [PDF]

Pakistan Journal of Analytical & Environmental Chemistry, 2009
Chemical degradation of Organochlorine pesticide (OCPs) in hydrodechlorination reactions were first systematically investigated using dichloro diphenyl trichloroethane (DDT) as the model pesticide.
Akhtar Shareef, Sami uz Zaman
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Persistent pesticides: Accumulation, health risk assessment, management and remediation: An overview

Desalination and Water Treatment
Pesticides are being employed for large-scale agricultural purposes, leading to global environmental issues. Organochlorine pesticides (dieldrin, DDT, and aldrin) are persistent due to their stable nature. Organochlorine pesticide (OCPs) residues present
Iqbal Ansari, Maha M. El-Kady, Alaa El Din Mahmoud, Charu Arora, Aazad Verma, Ravikumar Rajarathinam, Priyanka Singh, Dakeshwar Kumar Verma, Jyoti Mittal   +8 more
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The Coming of the Organochlorine Pesticide

, 2018
This chapter deals with the extensive poisoning of the environment to exterminate mhesvi. Given the massive amounts of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) dumped into the environment to kill mhesvi, OCPs present an opportunity to explore the question of pollution and its health effects. The chapter introduces and accounts for the specific circumstances by
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Organochlorine and organophosphate residues in lettuce and green pepper in Ghana's mega city

Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Over the last decade, pesticide use in agriculture has helped protect crops but left residues in food, posing health risks. This study analyzed organochlorine (Delta-HCH and Beta-HCH) and organophosphate (chlorpyrifos and dimethoate) residues in lettuce ...
Bernard Fei-Baffoe, Ernestina Gawu, Ebenezer Ebo Yahans Amuah, Alfredina Sangber-Dery, Lyndon Nii Adjiri Sackey, Nang Biyogue Douti   +5 more
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Mycoremediation of pesticide-contaminated soil: A review [PDF]

BIO Web of Conferences
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, Fatimah, Ramadhan Rico, Ni’matuzahroh   +3 more
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Pesticide and Plasticizer Residues in Citrus Essential Oils from Different Countries

Natural Product Communications, 2010
Residue analyses are very important in the quality control of citrus essential oils. Organophosphorus and organochlorine pesticides, phosphorated plasticizers and chloroparaffins contamination were investigated by HRGC with FPD and ECD detectors in 120 ...
Giuseppa Di Bella, Vincenzo Lo Turco, Rossana Rando, Gabriella Arena, Donatella Pollicino, Rosario Rocco Luppino, Giacomo Dugo   +6 more
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Is banning Persistent Organic Pollutants efficient? A quantitative and qualitative systematic review in bats

Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation
Among the several noxious characteristics of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) is a low environmental degradation rate, as they remain in the environment for decades.
Priscila Stéfani Monteiro-Alves, Elizabete Captivo Lourenço, Rodrigo Ornellas Meire, Helena Godoy Bergallo   +3 more
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Trophic Chain Organochlorine Pesticide Contamination in a Highly Productive Upwelling Area in Southeastern Brazil. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2023
Lavandier RC, Arêas J, Lemos LS, de Moura JF, Taniguchi S, Montone R, Quinete NS, Hauser-Davis RA, Siciliano S, Moreira I.   +9 more
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Health risk assessment of organochlorine pesticide residues in edible tissue of seafood. [PDF]

Front Vet Sci, 2022
Hussein MA, Hammad OS, Tharwat AE, Darwish WS, Sayed-Ahmed A, Zigo F, Farkašová Z, Rehan IF.   +7 more
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Organochlorine pesticide residue in Chinese herbal medicine. [PDF]

J Pestic Sci, 2022
Chien MY, Yang CM, Chen CH.
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