Persistent organic pollutants in food: contamination sources, health effects and detection methods

W Guo, B Pan, S Sakkiah, G Yavas, W Ge… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) present in foods have been a major concern for food
safety due to their persistence and toxic effects. To ensure food safety and protect human …

Climate change influence on the levels and trends of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and chemicals of emerging Arctic concern (CEACs) in the Arctic physical …

H Hung, C Halsall, H Ball, T Bidleman… - … Science: Processes & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Climate change brings about significant changes in the physical environment in the Arctic.
Increasing temperatures, sea ice retreat, slumping permafrost, changing sea ice regimes …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental contaminants in Arctic human populations: Trends over 30 years

S Palaniswamy, L Nevala, P Pesonen, A Rautio… - Environment …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Introduction Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) monitors
persistent organic pollutant (POP) levels in the Arctic populations and assesses health …

Environmental contaminants and male infertility: Effects and mechanisms

V Selvaraju, S Baskaran, A Agarwal, R Henkel - Andrologia, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The escalating prevalence of male infertility and decreasing trend in sperm quality have
been correlated with rapid industrialisation and the associated discharge of an excess of …

A review of potentially harmful chemicals in crumb rubber used in synthetic football pitches

FO Gomes, MR Rocha, A Alves, N Ratola - Journal of hazardous materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Recycling end-of-life tires (ELTs) reduces waste and provides a low-cost source of energy
and materials such as crumb rubber, used as infill in artificial turf football pitches. However …

[HTML][HTML] Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) half-lives in humans: A systematic review

IG Idowu, D Megson, G Tiktak, M Dereviankin… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
This manuscript presents a systematic review of PCB half-lives reported in the scientific
literature. The review was completed in accordance with PRISMA guidelines and included a …

Assessment of polychlorinated biphenyls and their hydroxylated metabolites in postmortem human brain samples: age and brain region differences

X Li, MM Hefti, RF Marek, KC Hornbuckle… - … science & technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
Exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and their hydroxylated metabolites (OH-
PCBs) has been implicated in neurodevelopmental disorders. However, the distribution of …

Occurrence, distribution and pollution pattern of legacy and emerging organic pollutants in surface water of the Kongsfjorden (Svalbard, Norway): Environmental …

N Ademollo, F Spataro, J Rauseo, T Pescatore… - Marine Pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
This work aimed to investigate the contamination pattern in Kongsfjorden marine
environment (Svalbard, 79° N 12° E) and to disentangle primary and secondary emissions …

Influence of climate change on persistent organic pollutants and chemicals of emerging concern in the Arctic: state of knowledge and recommendations for future …

CA De Wit, K Vorkamp, D Muir - Environmental Science: Processes & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) have accumulated in polar environments as a result of
long-range transport from urban/industrial and agricultural source regions in the mid …

Chemical hazard in glacial melt? The glacial system as a secondary source of POPs (in the Northern Hemisphere). A systematic review

F Pawlak, K Koziol, Z Polkowska - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Toxicity of compounds belonging to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) is widely known,
and their re-emission from glaciers has been conclusively demonstrated. However, the …