Current status of persistent organic pesticides residues in air, water, and soil, and their possible effect on neighboring countries: A comprehensive review of India

IC Yadav, NL Devi, JH Syed, Z Cheng, J Li… - Science of the Total …, 2015 - Elsevier
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 …

Environment and human exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in India: A systematic review of recent and historical data

BM Sharma, GK Bharat, S Tayal, L Nizzetto… - Environment …, 2014 - Elsevier
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) have been used in a wide range of agricultural and
industrial commodities, resulting in vigorous deterioration of environment and human health …

Accumulation of organochlorine and pyrethroid pesticide residues in fish, water, and sediments in the Thamirabarani river system of southern peninsular India

U Arisekar, RJ Shakila, G Jeyasekaran… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study was undertaken to investigate the bioaccumulation of organochlorine (OCPs) and
pyrethroids pesticides in surface water, sediments, fish, and aquatic weeds of the …

GC-MS/MS determination and ecological risk assessment of pesticides in aquatic system: a case study in Hooghly River basin in West Bengal, India

R Mondal, A Mukherjee, S Biswas, RK Kole - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
A liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) for water and modified QuEChERS (quick, easy, cheap,
effective, rugged, and safe) method for sediment combined with gas chromatography …

Organochlorine pesticides in multi-environmental matrices of India: A comprehensive review on characteristics, occurrence, and analytical methods

A Ashesh, S Singh, NL Devi, IC Yadav - Microchemical Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
While the application of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) has increased agricultural
production and prevented vector-borne diseases such as malaria, dengue, and …

Pesticides in the hydrogeo-environment: a review of contaminant prevalence, source and mobilisation in India

S Rajan, M Parween, NJ Raju - Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2023 - Springer
Chemical pesticides in the hydrogeological system are a global concern as they pose a
severe threat to humans and other organisms. In agriculture, around 4.12 million tonnes of …

Contamination of emerging contaminants in Indian aquatic sources: first overview of the situation

KM Gani, AA Kazmi - Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive …, 2017 - ascelibrary.org
This paper provides a first review of the contamination level of emerging contaminants (ECs)
in aquatic sources of India. Contaminants reported so far belong to pesticides …

[PDF][PDF] A review on emerging contaminants in indian waters and their treatment technologies

RA Mathew, S Kanmani - Nature Environment and Pollution …, 2020 - neptjournal.com
Emerging contaminants (ECs) have been detected recently in many water bodies across
India. Studies have found the presence of ECs in surface water, groundwater, stormwater …

Organic micropollutants in groundwater of India—a review

M Sackaria, L Elango - Water Environment Research, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Groundwater pollution due to organic micropollutants is a major cause of concern,
especially in parts of the world where available water resources are on the decline. India is …

Occurrence and distribution of HCHs and DDTs in surface water and groundwater from the Gajulamandyam region along the Swarnamukhi river basin, Andhra …

RM Kurakalva, KK Aradhi - International Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) are growing concern and ubiquitous in the environment
due to their chronic toxicity, persistence, bioaccumulation, and biomagnification properties …