[HTML][HTML] Environmental characteristics and formations of polybrominated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans

L Yang, G Liu, J Shen, M Wang, Q Yang… - Environment International, 2021 - Elsevier
Polybrominated dibenzo-p-dioxins and furans (PBDD/Fs) are emerging persistent organic
pollutants (POPs) that have similar or higher toxicities than the notorious dioxins. Toxicities …

Review of chemical and electrokinetic remediation of PCBs contaminated soils and sediments

G Fan, Y Wang, G Fang, X Zhu, D Zhou - … Science: Processes & …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are manmade organic compounds, and pollution due to
PCBs has been a global environmental problem because of their persistence, long-range …

Spatial distribution, bioconversion and ecological risk of PCBs and PBDEs in the surface sediment of contaminated urban rivers: a nationwide study in China

Q Lu, Y Liang, W Fang, KL Guan, C Huang… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Surface sediments of polluted urban rivers can be a reservoir of hydrophobic persistent
organic pollutants (POPs). In this study, we comprehensively assessed the contamination of …

The occurrence and sources of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in agricultural soils across China with an emphasis on unintentionally produced PCBs

S Mao, S Liu, Y Zhou, Q An, X Zhou, Z Mao, Y Wu… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
In addition to being historically intentionally manufactured as commercial products,
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) can be unintentionally released as by-products from …

Evidence for major contributions of unintentionally produced PCBs in the air of China: implications for the national source inventory

S Zhao, KC Jones, J Li, AJ Sweetman… - … science & technology, 2019 - ACS Publications
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were not widely manufactured or used in China before
they became the subject of international bans on production. Recent work has shown that …

Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) occurrence in Sparus aurata exposed to microplastic enriched diets in aquaculture facilities

B Rios-Fuster, C Alomar, L Viñas, JA Campillo… - Marine Pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are highly stable
and bioaccumulative, and microplastics (MPs; plastics< 5 mm) are ubiquitous in the marine …

Polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides in River Brahmaputra from the outer Himalayan Range and River Hooghly emptying into the Bay of Bengal …

P Chakraborty, SN Khuman, S Selvaraj… - Environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
River Brahmaputra (RB) from the outer Himalayan Range and River Hooghly (RH), a
distributary of River Ganga, are the two largest transboundary perennial rivers supplying …

Sources of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in sediments of the East China marginal seas: Role of unintentionally-produced PCBs

H Yu, T Lin, L Hu, G Lammel, S Zhao, X Sun, X Wu… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The production and use of intentionally-produced polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in
China have a short history compared with countries of North America and Europe, where …

PCBs and PCDD/Fs in soil from informal e-waste recycling sites and open dumpsites in India: Levels, congener profiles and health risk assessment

P Chakraborty, S Selvaraj, M Nakamura… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Growth of informal electronic waste (e-waste) recycling sector is an emerging problem for
India. The presence of halogenated compounds in e-wastes may result in the formation of …

Passive air sampling of PCDD/Fs, PCBs, PAEs, DEHA, and PAHs from informal electronic waste recycling and allied sectors in Indian megacities

P Chakraborty, H Gadhavi, B Prithiviraj… - … science & technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
Xenobiotic chemical emissions from the informal electronic waste recycling (EW) sector are
emerging problem for developing countries, with scale and impacts that are yet to be …