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Dechlorination of selected polychlorinated biphenyl congeners using metal-impregnated pulverized shrimp shell catalyst from waste [PDF]
Global Journal of Environmental Science and Management, 2023 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Polychlorinated biphenyls are pervasive contaminants that are receiving attention worldwide. Due to their well-known propensity to have harmful impacts on both humans and the environment, polychlorinated biphenyls have been ...
D.B. Aviantara +4 more
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Antibiotic resistance patterns in soils across the Scottish landscape
Communications Earth & Environment, 2023 The environment disseminates antimicrobial-resistance genes; however, it remains challenging to distinguish whether human activities exacerbate antimicrobial resistance or what is natural.
Eulyn Pagaling +11 more
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Polychlorinated biphenyls: Hazardous properties and environmentally sound management in Ukraine
Regulatory Mechanisms in Biosystems, 2020 Polychlorinated biphenyls are one of the most dangerous compounds for human health and the environment and are included to Annex C of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.
N. O. Ryzhenko +3 more
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Concentrations of persistent organic pollutants in blood of the Spanish population: Temporal trend [PDF]
Arhiv za farmaciju, 2021 The present article reviews the human biomonitoring studies conducted in Spain to assess exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated ...
González Neus, Domingo José L.
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Journal of Veterinary Research, 2023 Concentrations of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (DL-PCBs) were investigated in six species of bivalve mollusc purchased on the Polish retail market.
Mikołajczyk Szczepan +2 more
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Environment International, 2020 For the first time, a multi-centre Total Diet Study was carried out in Benin, Cameroon, Mali and Nigeria. We collected and prepared as consumed 528 typical fatty foods from those areas and pooled these subsamples into 44 composites samples.
Vincent Vaccher +18 more
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Organochlorine pesticides accumulation and breast cancer: A hospital-based case–control study
Tumor Biology, 2017 The aim of this study is to detect the accumulation status of organochlorine pesticides in breast cancer patients and to explore the relationship between organochlorine pesticides contamination and breast cancer development. We conducted a hospital-based
Ting-Ting He +3 more
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Sensors, 2011 Detection of trace levels of persistent pollutants in the environment is difficult but significant. Organic pollutant homologues, due to their similar physical and chemical properties, are even more difficult to distinguish, especially in trace amounts ...
Zhengjun Zhang +4 more
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Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Food [PDF]
Environmental Science & Technology, 2020 We measured the concentrations of 205 polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners in 26 food items: beef steak, butter, canned tuna, catfish, cheese, eggs, french fries, fried chicken, ground beef, ground pork, hamburger, hot dog, ice cream, liver, luncheon meat, margarine, meat-free dinner, milk, pizza, poultry, salmon, sausage, shrimp, sliced ham ...
Panithi Saktrakulkla +5 more
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Environmental Health, 2003 Background Fish from the Great Lakes are contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls, which have been found to have several adverse reproductive effects. Several environmental contaminants have been found to alter the sex ratio of offspring at birth, but
Anderson Henry A +2 more
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