Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the environment: Recent updates on sampling, pretreatment, cleanup technologies and their analysis

AVB Reddy, M Moniruzzaman… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are a class of synthetic organic compounds containing
carbon, hydrogen and chlorine atoms. They have been used in various industrial and …

Microbiology and biochemistry of pesticides biodegradation

JR Guerrero Ramírez, LA Ibarra Muñoz… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Pesticides are chemicals used in agriculture, forestry, and, to some extent, public health. As
effective as they can be, due to the limited biodegradability and toxicity of some of them, they …

Revisiting the contributions of far-and near-field routes to aggregate human exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

L Li, JA Arnot, F Wania - Environmental science & technology, 2018 - ACS Publications
The general population is exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) by consuming food
from far-field contaminated agricultural and aquatic environments, and inhalation and …

Silicone foam for passive sampling and nontarget analysis of air

S Papazian, C Fornaroli, B Bonnefille… - … & Technology Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
The airborne chemical exposome is a dynamic complex mixture of gases and particles, and
despite clear links to chronic disease and premature death, its molecular composition and …

Climate change is here: What will the profession of pharmacy do about it?

RJ Beechinor, A Overberg, CS Brown… - American Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Climate change action is needed now. Climate change is here. The 2021 Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, authored by over 200 experts from more than 60 …

Developmental exposure to PCB153 (2, 2', 4, 4', 5, 5'-hexachlorobiphenyl) alters circadian rhythms and the expression of clock and metabolic genes

N Aluru, KS Krick, AM McDonald… - Toxicological …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are highly persistent and ubiquitously distributed
environmental pollutants. Based on their chemical structure, PCBs are classified into non …

Cyclic methylsiloxanes in wastewater treatment plants: Occurrence, emissions, environmental distributions, and occupational exposure

K Dong, Y Zhou, J Guo, Y Jiang, B Zhang… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cyclic methylsiloxanes (CMSs), widely found in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), are
potentially hazardous to the environment and human health. In this study, the environmental …

Atmospheric HONO emissions in China: Unraveling the spatiotemporal patterns and their key influencing factors

C Gan, B Li, J Dong, Y Li, Y Zhao, T Wang, Y Yang… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Nitrous acid (HONO) can be photolyzed to produce hydroxyl radicals (OH) in the
atmosphere. OH plays a critical role in the formation of secondary pollutants like ozone (O 3) …

Impact of sociodemographic profile, generation and bioaccumulation on lifetime dietary and internal exposures to PCBs

M Pruvost-Couvreur, C Béchaux, G Rivière… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are persistent organic pollutants triggering numerous
adverse effects. Because they are present in various food, dietary exposure of the …

Evaluating microplastic particles as vectors of exposure for plastic additive chemicals using a food web model

T Gouin, MJ Whelan - Microplastics and Nanoplastics, 2024 - Springer
Microplastic particles (MPs) represent potential hazards for humans and wildlife, including
as vectors for chemical exposure (eg plastic additives and pollutants sorbed from the …