Environmental health and risk assessment metrics with special mention to biotransfer, bioaccumulation and biomagnification of environmental pollutants

R Chormare, MA Kumar - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The environment pollutants, which are landed up in environment because of human
activities like urbanization, mining and industrializations, affects human health, plants and …

Halogenated flame retardants: do the fire safety benefits justify the risks?

S Shaw - Reviews on environmental health, 2010 - degruyter.com
Since the 1970s, an increasing number of regulations have expanded the use of brominated
and chlorinated flame retardants. Many of these chemicals are now recognized as global …

PCB pollution continues to impact populations of orcas and other dolphins in European waters

PD Jepson, R Deaville, JL Barber, À Aguilar… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Organochlorine (OC) pesticides and the more persistent polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
have well-established dose-dependent toxicities to birds, fish and mammals in experimental …

Exposure and effects assessment of persistent organohalogen contaminants in arctic wildlife and fish

RJ Letcher, JO Bustnes, R Dietz, BM Jenssen… - Science of the Total …, 2010 - Elsevier
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) encompass an array of anthropogenic organic and
elemental substances and their degradation and metabolic byproducts that have been found …

Endocrine disruptors in the environment (IUPAC Technical Report)

J Lintelmann, A Katayama, N Kurihara… - Pure and Applied …, 2003 - degruyter.com
Many chemical substances of natural or anthropogenic origin are suspected or known to be
endocrine disruptors, which can influence the endocrine system of life. This observation has …

Relationships between polychlorinated biphenyls and health status in harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) stranded in the United Kingdom

PD Jepson, PM Bennett, R Deaville… - Environmental …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
To investigate possible relationships between polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) exposure and
infectious disease mortality in harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in United Kingdom …

Probabilistic risk assessment of reproductive effects of polychlorinated biphenyls on bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the Southeast United States coast

LH Schwacke, EO Voit, LJ Hansen… - Environmental …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
High levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have been reported in the tissues of some
species of marine mammals. The high concentrations are of concern because a growing …

Stress physiology in marine mammals: how well do they fit the terrestrial model?

S Atkinson, D Crocker, D Houser… - Journal of Comparative …, 2015 - Springer
Stressors are commonly accepted as the causal factors, either internal or external, that
evoke physiological responses to mediate the impact of the stressor. The majority of …

Reproductive Failure in UK Harbour Porpoises Phocoena phocoena: Legacy of Pollutant Exposure?

S Murphy, JL Barber, JA Learmonth, FL Read… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Reproductive failure in mammals due to exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) can
occur either through endocrine disrupting effects or via immunosuppression and increased …

Legacy and emerging poly-and perfluoroalkyl substances in finless porpoises from East China Sea: Temporal trends and tissue-specific accumulation

B Zhang, Y He, G Yang, B Chen, Y Yao… - … science & technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
Perfluoroalkyl sulfonates (PFSAs), perfluoroalkyl carboxylates (PFCAs), and emerging
alternatives and precursors of these compounds were determined in tissues of finless …