[HTML][HTML] Airborne pesticides from agricultural practices: A critical review of pathways, influencing factors, and human health implications

T Boonupara, P Udomkun, E Khan, P Kajitvichyanukul - Toxics, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
This critical review examines the release of pesticides from agricultural practices into the air,
with a focus on volatilization, and the factors influencing their dispersion. The review delves …

Passive air sampling for semi-volatile organic chemicals

F Wania, C Shunthirasingham - Environmental Science: Processes & …, 2020‏ - pubs.rsc.org
During passive air sampling, the amount of a chemical taken up in a sorbent from the air
without the help of a pump is quantified and converted into an air concentration. In an …

[HTML][HTML] Pesticides in ambient air, influenced by surrounding land use and weather, pose a potential threat to biodiversity and humans

JG Zaller, M Kruse-Plaß, U Schlechtriemen… - Science of the Total …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Little is known about (i) how numbers and concentrations of airborne pesticide residues are
influenced by land use, interactions with meteorological parameters, or by substance …

Monsoon-driven transport of organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls to the Tibetan Plateau: three year atmospheric monitoring study

J Sheng, X Wang, P Gong, DR Joswiak… - … science & technology, 2013‏ - ACS Publications
Due to the influence of the Indian monsoon system, air mass transport in and to the Tibetan
Plateau shows obvious seasonality. In order to assess the responses of atmospheric …

Air contamination by legacy and current-use pesticides in Brazilian mountains: an overview of national regulations by monitoring pollutant presence in pristine areas

Y de Souza Guida, RO Meire, JPM Torres… - Environmental pollution, 2018‏ - Elsevier
In the last decades, research regarding the dynamics of pesticides has grown, even in
remote regions. Due to long-range atmospheric transport, environmental persistence and …

Spatial and temporal distribution of Persistent Organic Pollutants and current use pesticides in the atmosphere of Argentinean Patagonia

KSB Miglioranza, PM Ondarza, PG Costa… - Chemosphere, 2021‏ - Elsevier
XAD-based passive air samplers (PAS) were used to evaluate organochlorine pesticides
(OCPs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and …

Human pesticide exposure in Bolivia: A sco** review of current knowledge, future challenges and research needs

J Barrón Cuenca, K Dreij, N Tirado - International journal of …, 2024‏ - mdpi.com
Numerous studies have shown that pesticide exposure is linked to adverse health
outcomes. Nevertheless, in Bolivia, where there is an increasing use of pesticides, the …

Concentrations of organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in human serum and adipose tissue from Bolivia

JP Arrebola, M Cuellar, E Claure, M Quevedo… - Environmental …, 2012‏ - Elsevier
Organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are synthetic chemicals
that are highly resistant to biodegradation and have proven adverse health effects. The …

[HTML][HTML] Use of passive samplers to detect organochlorine pesticides in air and water at wetland mountain region sites (S-SE Brazil)

RO Meire, M Khairy, AC Targino, PMA Galvão… - Chemosphere, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Low-density polyethylene (LDPE) passive samplers were deployed in upland surface waters
and the overlying atmosphere during May and June 2012, to determine the transport and …

Atmospheric occurrence of organochlorine pesticides and inhalation cancer risk in urban areas at Southeast Brazil

Y Guida, GO de Carvalho, R Capella, K Pozo… - Environmental …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) have been produced for almost a century and some of
them are still used, even after they have been proved to be toxic, persistent, bioaccumulative …