Emerging organic contaminants in global community drinking water sources and supply: A review of occurrence, processes and remediation

A Mukhopadhyay, S Duttagupta, A Mukherjee - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Human-sourced organic compounds like pesticides, pharmaceuticals, surfactants, personal
care products, food, and industrial additives are used daily, across multiple sectors, globally …

The environmental issues of DDT pollution and bioremediation: a multidisciplinary review

A Mansouri, M Cregut, C Abbes, MJ Durand… - Applied biochemistry …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract DDT (1, 1, 1-trichloro-2, 2-bis (4-chlorophenyl) ethane) is probably the best known
and most useful organochlorine insecticide in the world which was used since 1945 for …

Pesticides contamination in the Thamirabarani, a perennial river in peninsular India: The first report on ecotoxicological and human health risk assessment

U Arisekar, RJ Shakila, R Shalini, G Jeyasekaran - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
This study evaluates the distribution of pesticides and assesses the ecological and human
health risks associated with pesticide residues concentration in the Thamirabarani River, the …

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 …

Pesticide occurrence in protected surface waters in nature conservation areas of Germany

J Wolfram, S Bub, LL Petschick, A Schemmer… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
A complete ban on pesticide use in sensitive areas, such as nature conservation areas
(NCA), is currently being debated in the EU as part of the Sustainable Use Regulation. NCA …

Bioaccumulation of organochlorine pesticide residues (OCPs) at different growth stages of pacific white leg shrimp (Penaeus vannamei): First report on …

U Arisekar, RJ Shakila, R Shalini, G Jeyasekaran… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Pesticide residues (PRs) in farmed shrimps are concerning food safety risks. Globally, India
is a major exporter of pacific white leg shrimp (P. vannamei). This study was undertaken to …

[BOG][B] The global casino: an introduction to environmental issues

N Middleton - 2018 - taylorfrancis.com
The Global Casino is an introduction to environmental issues which deals both with the
workings of the physical environment and with the political, economic and social frameworks …

Organochlorine pesticides in karst soil: Levels, distribution, and source diagnosis

W Chen, F Zeng, W Liu, J Bu, G Hu, S **e… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Excessive reclamation and improper use of agrochemicals in karst areas leads to serious
non-point source pollution, which is of great concern and needs to be controlled, since …

Wide-scope target screening characterization of legacy and emerging contaminants in the Danube River Basin by liquid and gas chromatography coupled with high …

K Ng, N Alygizakis, MC Nika, A Galani, P Oswald… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
A state-of-the-art wide-scope target screening of 2,362 chemicals and their transformation
products (TPs) was performed in samples collected within the Joint Danube Survey 4 (JDS4) …

De-novo exposure assessment of heavy metals in commercially important fresh and dried seafood: Safe for human consumption

U Arisekar, R Shalini, S Sundhar, SR Sangma… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The heavy metals (HMs) in seafood are alarming due to their biomagnification in the food
chain. The concentrations of As, Cd, Hg, Pb, Cr, and Ni in both fresh and dried fish were …