Though the use of pesticides has offered significant economic benefits by enhancing the
production and yield of food and fibers and the prevention of vector-borne diseases …

Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are exogenous agents that interfere or disrupt the
normal synthesis, secretion, transportation, binding and metabolism of natural hormones; …

Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) are semi volatile organic compounds of global concern.
During the last decades, their distribution, sources, transformation, toxicity and accumulation …

During passive air sampling, the amount of a chemical taken up in a sorbent from the air
without the help of a pump is quantified and converted into an air concentration. In an …

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 …

While the application of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) has increased agricultural
production and prevented vector-borne diseases such as malaria, dengue, and …

Abstract The Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) is one of the important mountain ecosystems
among the global mountain system which support wide variety of flora, fauna, human …

Nepal is a landlocked country located between world's two most populous countries-India
and China where high level of organochlorines pesticides has been reported from multi …

We investigated the levels and distribution patterns of α-and β-endosulfan and endosulfan
sulfate in air, soil, water, and sediment samples collected from the South Korean persistent …

Polyurethane foam (PUF) disks in passive air samplers (PAS) and passive dry deposition
(Pas-DD) collectors were used to assess the presence of persistent organic pollutants …