Bioaccumulation and risk assessment of organochlorine pesticides in fish from a global biodiversity hotspot: iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa

A Buah-Kwofie, MS Humphries, L Pillay - Science of the total environment, 2018 - Elsevier
Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) have been used extensively in the eastern regions of
South Africa for agricultural and malaria control purposes, yet few data exist on the local …

Bioaccumulation and human health risk assessment of DDT and other organochlorine pesticides in an apex aquatic predator from a premier conservation area

R Gerber, NJ Smit, JHJ Van Vuren… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
With the second highest gross domestic product in Africa, South Africa is known to have a
high pesticide usage, including the highly persistent and banned group of organochlorine …

Persistent organic pollutants in the Olifants River Basin, South Africa: Bioaccumulation and trophic transfer through a subtropical aquatic food web

V Verhaert, N Newmark, W D'Hollander… - Science of the total …, 2017 - Elsevier
This study investigates the trophic transfer of persistent organic pollutants (POPs: PCBs,
PBDEs, OCPs and PFASs) in the subtropical aquatic ecosystem of the Olifants River Basin …

The distribution of organochlorine pesticides in sediments from iSimangaliso Wetland Park: ecological risks and implications for conservation in a biodiversity hotspot

A Buah-Kwofie, MS Humphries - Environmental pollution, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The iSimangaliso Wetland Park World Heritage site, located on the east coast of
South Africa, spans∼ 3300 km 2 and constitutes the largest protected estuarine …

Levels and patterns of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in tilapia (Oreochromis sp.) from four different lakes in Tanzania: Geographical differences and implications …

A Polder, MB Müller, JL Lyche, RH Mdegela… - Science of the total …, 2014 - Elsevier
In Tanzania fish is one of the most important protein sources for the rapidly increasing
population. Wild fish is threatened by overfishing and pollution from agriculture, industries …

Bioaccumulation of persistent organic pollutants and their trophic transfer through the food web: Human health risks to the rural communities reliant on fish from South …

CM Volschenk, R Gerber, MT Mkhonto… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Bioaccumulation of persistent organic pollutants and their trophic transfer through the food
web: Human health risks to the rural communities reliant on fish from South Africa's largest …

Evidence of impacts from DDT in pelican, cormorant, stork, and egret eggs from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

H Bouwman, YB Yohannes, SMM Nakayama… - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
DDT remains in use for malaria control in South Africa. We quantified DDTs in aquatic bird
eggs from the highly biodiverse northern KwaZulu-Natal, a province of South Africa where …

Distribution of organochlorine pesticides in fresh fish carcasses from selected estuaries in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, and the associated health risk …

C Olisah, OO Okoh, AI Okoh - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, gills and muscles tissue samples from 30 specimens of P. commersonnii and
22 specimens of M. cephalus obtained from Swartkops and Sundays River Estuaries …

Fish consumption from urban impoundments: What are the health risks associated with DDTs and other organochlorine pesticides in fish to township residents of a …

W Pheiffer, NJ Wolmarans, R Gerber… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in South Africa have for the most part been
banned, except dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) which is still used as malaria vector …

Natural archives of long-range transported contamination at the remote lake Letšeng-la Letsie, Maloti Mountains, Lesotho

NL Rose, AM Milner, JM Fitchett, KE Langerman… - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Naturally accumulating archives, such as lake sediments and wetland peats, in remote
areas may be used to identify the scale and rates of atmospherically deposited pollutant …