Unintentionally produced polychlorinated biphenyls in pigments: An updated review on their formation, emission sources, contamination status, and toxic effects

HQ Anh, I Watanabe, TB Minh, S Takahashi - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The formation, emission, environmental occurrence, and potential adverse effects of
unintentionally produced polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in pigments are reviewed …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in marine mammals: A review and synthesis

RA Lourenço, S Taniguchi, J da Silva… - Marine pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
Most marine mammal species and populations are listed as endangered, threatened, or
depleted under the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act …

Marine mammals as sentinel species for oceans and human health

GD Bossart - Veterinary pathology, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
The long-term consequences of climate change and potential environmental degradation
are likely to include aspects of disease emergence in marine plants and animals. In turn …

Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in edible fish species from Charleston Harbor and tributaries, South Carolina, United States: Exposure and risk assessment

PA Fair, B Wolf, ND White, SA Arnott, K Kannan… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Concentrations of 11 PFASs were determined in muscle and whole fish for six species
collected from Charleston, South Carolina (SC) for the assessment of potential health risks …

Discussion. Has the human population become a sentinel for the adverse effects of PFAS contamination on wildlife health and endangered species?

DQ Andrews, T Stoiber, AM Temkin… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Global contamination with per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) poses a threat to both
human health and the environment, with significant implications for ecological conservation …

Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in marine mammals from the South China Sea and their temporal changes 2002–2014: concern for alternatives of PFOS?

JCW Lam, J Lyu, KY Kwok… - Environmental science & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Perfluorinated sulfonic acids (PFSAs) and perfluorinated carboxylic acids (PFCAs), as well
as the replacement for the phase-out C8 PFSAs were determined in the liver samples of …

Animal sentinels for environmental and public health

JS Reif - Public Health Reports, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Studies of the effects of environmental exposures on domestic and wild animals can
corroborate or inform epidemiologic studies in humans. Animals may be sensitive indicators …

First report from North America of microplastics in the gastrointestinal tract of stranded bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

FM Battaglia, BA Beckingham, WE McFee - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Microplastics'(MPs) abundance, small size, and global distribution render them
bioavailable to a variety of organisms directly or by trophic transfer, yet examinations in …

Streamlining sample preparation and gas chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry analysis of multiple pesticide residues in tea

T Cajka, C Sandy, V Bachanova, L Drabova… - Analytica Chimica …, 2012 - Elsevier
In this work, a new rapid method for the determination of 135 pesticide residues in green
and black dry tea leaves and stalks employing gas chromatography coupled to tandem …

[HTML][HTML] The adverse health effects of increasing microplastic pollution on aquatic mammals

G Nabi, S Ahmad, S Ullah, S Zada, M Sarfraz… - Journal of King Saud …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs), an emerging ubiquitous pollutant in the aquatic ecosystem, pose
serious health concerns to the survival of aquatic fauna, especially top predators (eg …