Anthropogenic PAHs in lake sediments: a literature review (2002–2018)

J Du, C Jing - Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Lake sediments are an important reservoir for toxic and hydrophobic polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAHs). Monitoring of PAHs in sediment is helpful to understand pollution …

Microbial degradation of aldrin and dieldrin: Mechanisms and Biochemical Pathways

S Pang, Z Lin, J Li, Y Zhang, S Mishra, P Bhatt… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
As members of the organochlorine group of insecticides, aldrin and dieldrin are effective at
protecting agriculture from insect pests. However, because of excessive use and a long half …

Legacy and new chlorinated persistent organic pollutants in the rivers of south India: Occurrences, sources, variations before and after the outbreak of the COVID-19 …

KR Rex, P Chakraborty - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
During pre-pandemic time, organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polychlorinated biphenyls
(PCBs) were investigated in the surface water of Periyar River (PR) and Bharathappuzha …

Occurrence and risk assessment of potentially toxic elements and typical organic pollutants in contaminated rural soils

Y Xu, S Dai, K Meng, Y Wang, W Ren, L Zhao… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
The residual levels and risk assessment of several potentially toxic elements (PTEs),
phthalate esters (PAEs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in rural soils near …

Survey on the micro-pollutants presence in surface water system of northern Serbia and environmental and health risk assessment

BD Škrbić, K Kadokami, I Antić - Environmental research, 2018 - Elsevier
This study demonstrates the occurrence of 940 organic micro-pollutants in surface water of
four rivers, one irrigation canal system, and two lakes in Vojvodina Province, the northern …

Spatial characteristics and risk assessment of polychlorinated biphenyls in surficial sediments around crude oil production facilities in the Escravos River Basin, Niger …

CMA Iwegbue, E Bebenimibo, GO Tesi… - Marine Pollution …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, the concentrations of 28 polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners, including
12 dioxin-like PCBs and 7 indicator PCBs, were determined in sediments around oil …

Historical and post-ban releases of organochlorine pesticides recorded in sediment deposits in an agricultural watershed, France

T Gardes, F Portet-Koltalo, M Debret, Y Copard - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
Agricultural use of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) increased during the twentieth century
but many of them have been progressively banned several decades after their introduction …

Occurrence and spatial characteristics of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in sediments from rivers in the western Niger delta of Nigeria impacted by urban and …

CMA Iwegbue, VE Oshenyen, GO Tesi, C Olisah… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The characteristic concentrations of 28 PCB congeners, their spatial distributions, sources,
and associated risks to the ecosystem were investigated in sediments of some rivers around …

Organochlorine pesticides, polybrominated diphenyl ethers and polychlorinated biphenyls in surficial sediments of the Awash River Basin, Ethiopia

NB Dirbaba, S Li, H Wu, X Yan, J Wang - Plos one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
This study was initiated to document information on the levels of sediment contamination
with organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and …

Bioaccumulation of persistent organic pollutants in the gonads of Barbus barbus (Linnaeus, 1758)

A Curtean-Bănăduc, A Burcea, CM Mihuţ… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Maps with grey or even white spaces are still present in spite of the fact that persistent
organic pollutants (POPs) are at the forefront of research in aquatic toxicology and …