Exposure to and health effects of volatile PCBs

DO Carpenter - Reviews on environmental health, 2015 - degruyter.com
Abstract Introduction: Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are persistent, lipophilic
contaminants that are known to increase risk of a number of human diseases. Although …

Biomarkers of metabolic disorders and neurobehavioral diseases in a PCB-exposed population: What we learned and the implications for future research

JJ Simhadri, CA Loffredo, T Trnovec, LP Murinova… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are one of the original twelve classes of toxic chemicals
covered by the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP), an …

Diabetes prevalence in relation to serum concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congener groups and three chlorinated pesticides in a Native American …

Z Aminov, R Haase, R Rej, MJ Schymura… - Environmental …, 2016 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) is known to increase risk of
diabetes. Objective: To determine which POPs are most associated with prevalence of …

Persistent organic pollutants as predictors of increased FSH: LH ratio in naturally cycling, reproductive age women.

MV Gallo, J Ravenscroft, DO Carpenter, LM Schell… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Although several recent studies suggest endocrine disrupting compounds, such as
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (p, p′, DDE), and …

Evidence for Dechlorination of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins and -Furans in Wastewater Collection Systems in the New York …

LA Rodenburg, S Du, H Lui, J Guo… - … science & technology, 2012 - ACS Publications
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans
(PCDD/Fs) are persistent organic pollutants targeted by the Stockholm Convention. Both …

Factors affecting the occurrence and transport of atmospheric organochlorines in the China Sea and the Northern Indian and South East Atlantic Oceans

R Gioia, J Li, J Schuster, Y Zhang… - … science & technology, 2012 - ACS Publications
Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are reported in 97
air samples collected on board the RV Polarstern in November 2007 from the equator to …

Bidirectional air–sea exchange and accumulation of POPs (PAHs, PCBs, OCPs and PBDEs) in the nocturnal marine boundary layer

G Lammel, FX Meixner, B Vrana… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
As a consequence of long-range transported pollution, air–sea exchange can become a
major source of persistent organic pollutants in remote marine environments. The vertical …

The atmosphere as a source/sink of polychlorinated biphenyls to/from the Lower Duwamish Waterway Superfund site

JN Apell, PM Gschwend - Environmental Pollution, 2017 - Elsevier
Waterbodies polluted with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) may cause the air in the
surrounding area to become PCB-contaminated. Conversely, when a waterbody is located …

Micrometeorological measurement of hexachlorobenzene and polychlorinated biphenyl compound air-water gas exchange in Lake Superior and comparison to …

MD Rowe, JA Perlinger - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2012 - acp.copernicus.org
Air-water exchange fluxes of persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) substances are
frequently estimated using the Whitman two-film (W2F) method, but micrometeorological flux …

Application of Passive Sampling to Improve Quantitative Assessment of Fate, Transport, and Bioaccumulation of Hydrophobic Organic Contaminants in an Urban …

M Bokare - 2022 - search.proquest.com
Chemical activity of hydrophobic organic contaminants (HOCs) such as polychlorinated
biphenyls (PCBs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and organochlorine pesticides …