Pesticides in the urban environment: A potential threat that knocks at the door

IM Meftaul, K Venkateswarlu, R Dharmarajan… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Pesticides play a pivotal role in controlling pests and disease infestations not only in urban
agriculture but also in non-agricultural settings. Several pesticides like herbicides …

A comprehensive review on chlorpyrifos toxicity with special reference to endocrine disruption: Evidence of mechanisms, exposures and mitigation strategies

HU ur Rahman, W Asghar, W Nazir, MA Sandhu… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Chlorpyrifos (CPF) is a broad-spectrum chlorinated organophosphate (OP) pesticide used
for the control of a variety of insects and pathogens in crops, fruits, vegetables, as well as …

The growing concern of chlorpyrifos exposures on human and environmental health

NK Nandi, A Vyas, MJ Akhtar, B Kumar - Pesticide biochemistry and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Chlorpyrifos (CP) and its highly electrophilic intermediates are principal toxic metabolites.
The active form of CP ie chlorpyrifos oxon (CP-oxon) is responsible for both the insecticidal …

Trends in electro-Fenton process for water and wastewater treatment: an overview

PV Nidheesh, R Gandhimathi - Desalination, 2012 - Elsevier
Organic compound, especially aromatic compound is the main pollutant in industrial effluent.
Conventional wastewater treatment processes are inefficient for the removal of these types …

Environmental applications of boron‐doped diamond electrodes: 1. Applications in water and wastewater treatment

PV Nidheesh, G Divyapriya, N Oturan… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past few decades, environmental applications of the boron‐doped diamond (BDD)
electrode are reported to be vast and versatile. Applications of BDD electrodes in the field of …

Pesticide use and application: an Indian scenario

PC Abhilash, N Singh - Journal of hazardous materials, 2009 - Elsevier
Agricultural development continues to remain the most important objective of Indian
planning and policy. In the process of development of agriculture, pesticides have become …

Chlorpyrifos in environment and food: a critical review of detection methods and degradation pathways

AR Nandhini, M Harshiny, SN Gummadi - … Science: Processes & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Chlorpyrifos (CP) is a class of organophosphorus (OP) pesticides, which find extensive
applications as acaricide, insecticide and termiticide. The use of CP has been indicated in …

Pollution status and bioremediation of chlorpyrifos in environmental matrices by the application of bacterial communities: A review

MA Dar, G Kaushik, JF Villarreal-Chiu - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Pesticides currently play a significant role in enhancing agricultural production and offer
economic assistance to our farmers. However, their indiscriminate and injudicious …

Review of the toxicology of chlorpyrifos with an emphasis on human exposure and neurodevelopment

DL Eaton, RB Daroff, H Autrup, J Bridges… - Critical reviews in …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
This review examines the large body of toxicological and epidemiological information on
human exposures to chlorpyrifos, with an emphasis on the controversial potential for …

High levels of organochlorines in mothers' milk from Chennai (Madras) city, India

A Subramanian, M Ohtake, T Kunisue, S Tanabe - Chemosphere, 2007 - Elsevier
Mothers' milk from Chennai (formerly Madras), India and three other places Perungudi, the
municipal dum** site of south Chennai area (situated at the suburb of Chennai) …