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 …

Persistent organic pollutants in the environment: Risk assessment, hazards, and mitigation strategies

A Mishra, M Kumari, R Kumar, K Iqbal… - Bioresource Technology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are widely distributed toxic contaminants that pose a
risk to both human and wildlife. They are persistent toxic compounds and can bio magnify …

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 …

Substantial halogenated organic chemicals stored in permafrost soils on the Tibetan Plateau

X Zhu, F Yang, Z Li, M Fang, S Ma, T Zhang, C Li… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Permafrost in the polar regions potentially stores large amounts of toxic chemicals, including
organic compounds bound with halogens. The release of such halogenated organic …

Spatial distribution and compositional profiles of organochlorine pesticides in the surface soil from the agricultural, coastal and backwater transects along the south …

SN Khuman, PG Vinod, G Bharat, YSM Kumar… - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
South-west coast of India has a history of using pesticidal persistent organic pollutants
(POPs) particularly endosulfan until aerial spraying was banned during early 2000. Since …

Risk assessment of agricultural pesticides in water, sediment, and fish from Owan River, Edo State, Nigeria

O Ogbeide, I Tongo, L Ezemonye - Environmental monitoring and …, 2015 - Springer
The distribution of pesticides in water, sediments, Clarias gariepinus, and Tilapia zilli from
the Owan River was investigated to evaluate the pollution status and potential hazard in the …

Environmental carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soil from Himalayas, India: Implications for spatial distribution, sources apportionment and risk …

NL Devi, IC Yadav, Q Shihua, Y Dan, G Zhang, P Raha - Chemosphere, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) is one of the important mountain ecosystems
among the global mountain system which support wide variety of flora, fauna, human …

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 …

Occurrence, profile and spatial distribution of organochlorines pesticides in soil of Nepal: Implication for source apportionment and health risk assessment

IC Yadav, NL Devi, J Li, G Zhang, PR Shakya - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
Nepal is a landlocked country located between world's two most populous countries-India
and China where high level of organochlorines pesticides has been reported from multi …

Spatial distribution, source apportionment and ecological risk assessment of residual organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in the Himalayas

NL Devi, IC Yadav, P Raha, Q Shihua… - Environmental Science and …, 2015 - Springer
Abstract The Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) is one of the important mountain ecosystems
among the global mountain system which support wide variety of flora, fauna, human …