Chronic effects of organic pesticides on the aquatic environment and human health: A review

MA Islam, SMN Amin, MA Rahman, AS Juraimi… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Aquatic environment could be termed as the intercommunicating arrangement of water,
sediment and biota that provide food for humanity. Aquatic environments have deteriorated …

Occurrence, distribution and possible sources of organochlorine pesticide residues in tropical coastal environment of India: an overview

SK Sarkar, BD Bhattacharya, A Bhattacharya… - Environment …, 2008 - Elsevier
Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) are an important potential component of chemical
pollutants used extensively for agriculture and sanitation purposes in India as these are …

Characterization and distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contaminations in surface sediment and water from Gao-ping River, Taiwan

R Doong, Y Lin - Water research, 2004 - Elsevier
The concentrations of 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in water and sediment
samples collected from 12 locations in Gao-ping River, Taiwan were analyzed. Molecular …

Distribution of organochlorine pesticides in surface water and sediments from Qiantang River, East China

R Zhou, L Zhu, K Yang, Y Chen - Journal of hazardous materials, 2006 - Elsevier
The levels of 13 organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in surface water and sediments from
Qiantang River in East China were investigated to evaluate their potential pollution and …

Chlorinated pesticides and PCB residues in the Egyptian Western Desert oases sediments

TO Said, S Ragab, A El Sikaily, MA Hassaan… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
This preliminary investigation aimed to detect concentrations of chlorinated pesticides and
PCBs in 40 sediment samples from three desert oases located in Kharga, Dakhla and …

Evaluation of the concentration of HCH, DDT, HCB, PCB and PAH in the sediments along the lower stretch of Hugli estuary, West Bengal, northeast India

L Guzzella, C Roscioli, L Vigano, M Saha… - Environment …, 2005 - Elsevier
Detailed analyses of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) such as hexachlorocyclohexane
(HCH) isomers (HCHs), dichlorodiphenyltrichloro ethane (DDT) and its metabolites (DDTs) …

Distribution of organochlorine pesticides and heavy metal residues in fish and shellfish from Calicut region, Kerala, India

TV Sankar, AA Zynudheen, R Anandan, PGV Nair - Chemosphere, 2006 - Elsevier
Fish collected from five different locations from the Calicut region, India were analysed for
the levels of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and heavy metal (HM) residues in order to …

Adsorption and desorption characteristics of hydrophobic pesticide endosulfan in four Indian soils

M Kumar, L Philip - Chemosphere, 2006 - Elsevier
Adsorption and desorption characteristics of endosulfan in four Indian soils were studied
extensively. The soils used were clayey soil (CL—lean clay with sand), red soil (GM—silty …

The levels and distribution of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in sediments from the Haihe River, China

R Yang, A Lv, J Shi, G Jiang - Chemosphere, 2005 - Elsevier
The levels and distribution patterns of the selected organochlorine pesticides (OCPs= p, p′-
DDT, o, p′-DDT, p, p′-DDE, p, p′-DDD, α-, β-, γ-and δ-HCH) in surficial sediments from …

Spatial distribution and compositional profiles of organochlorine pesticides in the surface soil from the agricultural, coastal and backwater transects along the south …

SN Khuman, PG Vinod, G Bharat, YSM Kumar… - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
South-west coast of India has a history of using pesticidal persistent organic pollutants
(POPs) particularly endosulfan until aerial spraying was banned during early 2000. Since …