Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: soil pollution and remediation

Sakshi, SK Singh, AK Haritash - International Journal of Environmental …, 2019 - Springer
Soil is an important environmental matrix to support the life of all organisms directly or
indirectly. Despite being the ultimate sink for all pollutants, it has been neglected for long …

Impact of heavy metals and nanoparticles on aquatic biota

SK Kahlon, G Sharma, JM Julka, A Kumar… - Environmental chemistry …, 2018 - Springer
Human activities such as industrialisation, urbanisation and agriculture have adversely
impacted terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Water pollutants such as heavy metals and …

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 …

A comprehensive review of organochlorine pesticide monitoring in agricultural soils: the silent threat of a conventional agricultural past

EN Tzanetou, H Karasali - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
Soil constitutes the central environmental compartment that, primarily due to anthropogenic
activities, is the recipient of several contaminants. Among these are organochlorine …

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 …

Persistent organic pollutants in the polar regions and the Tibetan Plateau: A review of current knowledge and future prospects

X Wang, C Wang, T Zhu, P Gong, J Fu, Z Cong - Environmental Pollution, 2019 - Elsevier
Due to their low temperatures, the Arctic, Antarctic and Tibetan Plateau are known as the
three polar regions of the Earth. As the most remote regions of the globe, the occurrence of …

Influence of organic matter content and human activities on the occurrence of organic pollutants in Antarctic soils, lichens, grass, and mosses

A Cabrerizo, J Dachs, D Barceló… - Environmental Science & …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Banned pesticides such as HCB and p, p′-DDE, and other legacy and ongoing pollutants
such as PCBs and PAHs, were measured in different vegetation types and soil samples …

Spatiotemporal distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in sediments of a typical river located in the Loess Plateau, China: Influence of human activities and …

Y Zhang, D Cheng, Y Lei, J Song, J **a - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Loess Plateau, as the key energy base of China, has sensitive responses to the
global changes, and receives polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from anthropogenic …

Occurrence, distribution, and bioaccumulation of new and legacy persistent organic pollutants in an ecosystem on King George Island, maritime Antarctica

JT Kim, YJ Choi, M Barghi, JH Kim, JW Jung… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
The occurrence and bioaccumulation of new and legacy persistent organic pollutants
(POPs), organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) …

Occurrence and trophic transfer of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in an Antarctic ecosystem

K Gao, X Miao, J Fu, Y Chen, H Li, W Pan, J Fu… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Information on the occurrence and trophodynamics of per-and polyfluoroalkyl
substances (PFASs) in the Antarctic region is limited. We investigated the occurrence of …