Pesticides: an update of human exposure and toxicity

S Mostafalou, M Abdollahi - Archives of toxicology, 2017 - Springer
Pesticides are a family of compounds which have brought many benefits to mankind in the
agricultural, industrial, and health areas, but their toxicities in both humans and animals …

Human exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals: effects on the male and female reproductive systems

S Sifakis, VP Androutsopoulos, AM Tsatsakis… - Environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) comprise a group of chemical compounds that have
been examined extensively due to the potential harmful effects in the health of human …

Pyrethroids: exposure and health effects–an update

AM Saillenfait, D Ndiaye, JP Sabaté - International journal of hygiene and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Synthetic pyrethroids are present in numerous commercial insecticide formulations and
have extensive indoor and outdoor applications worldwide, including agricultural, public …

Endocrine disrupting chemicals: Impacts on human fertility and fecundity during the peri-conception period

MP Green, AJ Harvey, BJ Finger, GA Tarulli - Environmental research, 2021 - Elsevier
It is becoming increasingly difficult to avoid exposure to man-made endocrine disrupting
chemicals (EDCs) and environmental toxicants. This escalating yet constant exposure is …

Urinary Phthalate Metabolite Concentrations and Reproductive Outcomes among Women Undergoing in Vitro Fertilization: Results from the EARTH Study

R Hauser, AJ Gaskins, I Souter, KW Smith… - Environmental …, 2016 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Evidence from both animal and human studies suggests that exposure to
phthalates may be associated with adverse female reproductive outcomes. Objective: We …

Systematic review of biomonitoring studies to determine the association between exposure to organophosphorus and pyrethroid insecticides and human health …

M Koureas, A Tsakalof, A Tsatsakis… - Toxicology letters, 2012 - Elsevier
For the appropriate protection of human health it is necessary to accurately estimate the
health effects of human exposure to toxic compounds. In the present review, epidemiological …

Advances and future prospects of pyrethroids: Toxicity and microbial degradation

S Singh, A Mukherjee, DK Jaiswal… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pyrethroids are a class of insecticides structurally similar to that of natural pyrethrins. The
application of pyrethrins in agriculture and pest control lead to many kinds of environmental …

Soil contamination, risk assessment and remediation

MA Ashraf, MJ Maah, I Yusoff - Environmental risk assessment of …, 2014 - books.google.com
Environment pollution is a burning topic of the day. Air, water and soil are being polluted
alike. Soil being a" universal sink" bears the greatest burden of environmental pollution. It is …

Gold nanoparticles: microbial synthesis and application in water hygiene management

SK Das, AR Das, AK Guha - Langmuir, 2009 - ACS Publications
A green chemical method to synthesize nanogold-bioconjugate and its eco-friendly
promising role to purify contaminated waters has been described. Gold nanoparticles of 10 …

Pyrethroid epidemiology: a quality-based review

CJ Burns, TP Pastoor - Critical reviews in toxicology, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Pyrethroids are commonly used around the home and in agricultural production to control
insects. Human contact to one or more pyrethroid insecticides is likely. Numerous …