Review of emerging contaminants in aquatic biota from Latin America: 2002–2016

M Llorca, M Farré, E Eljarrat… - Environmental …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Although it is known that emerging contaminants are widespread all over the globe, there is
a gap of information about their distribution in some geographical areas, such as Latin …

Environmental drivers for replacement of halogenated flame retardants

TR Hull, RJ Law, Å Bergman - Polymer Green Flame Retardants, 2014 - Elsevier
Halogenated flame retardants have been a serious concern to health and environmental
scientists. This chapter reviews the availability of alternative fire retardants, and describes …

[PDF][PDF] Situación actual de la contaminación por plaguicidas en Argentina

ECV Lepori, GB Mitre, M Nassetta - Revista Internacional de …, 2013 - redalyc.org
Los plaguicidas, de uso extensivo en la agricultura, se utilizan en todo el mundo para el
control de plagas y de los vectores transmisores de enfermedades que afectan el hombre …

Occurrence, sources and environmental risk assessment of organic micropollutants in coastal sediments from the Atacama Region (Chile)

ML Tovar-Salvador, MG Pintado-Herrera… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nowadays, there is still a scientific knowledge gap regarding occurrence and distribution of
organic contaminants in remote areas. In this study, we have monitored for the first time the …

[HTML][HTML] Baseline levels and trophic transfer of persistent organic pollutants in sediments and biota from the Congo River Basin (DR Congo)

V Verhaert, A Covaci, S Bouillon, K Abrantes… - Environment …, 2013 - Elsevier
The present study aimed to evaluate the occurrence of persistent organic pollutants
(POPs:(PCBs, PBDEs, DDTs, HCHs, CHLs and HCB) in sediments and biota from the …

Spatial and temporal distribution of Persistent Organic Pollutants and current use pesticides in the atmosphere of Argentinean Patagonia

KSB Miglioranza, PM Ondarza, PG Costa… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
XAD-based passive air samplers (PAS) were used to evaluate organochlorine pesticides
(OCPs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and …

PBDEs, PCBs and organochlorine pesticides distribution in edible fish from Negro River basin, Argentinean Patagonia

PM Ondarza, M Gonzalez, G Fillmann… - Chemosphere, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract DDTs, endosulfans, HCHs, chlordanes, PCBs and PBDEs levels were determined
in different tissues of patagonian silverside (Odontesthes hatcheri) from the Upper (UV) …

Assessment of Argentinean Patagonia pollution: PBDEs, OCPs and PCBs in different matrices from the Río Negro basin

KSB Miglioranza, M Gonzalez, PM Ondarza… - Science of the Total …, 2013 - Elsevier
This work reports the occurrence and distribution of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs),
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in soil …

Tissue distribution, dietary intake and human health risk assessment of organophosphate pesticides in common fish species from South African estuaries

C Olisah, G Rubidge, LRD Human, JB Adams - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
This study assessed the tissue distribution, dietary intake, and potential health risks of eight
OPPs in Pomadasys commersonnii (Spotted grunter) and Mugil cephalus (Flathead mullet) …

Human pharmaceuticals in three major fish species from the Uruguay River (South America) with different feeding habits

M Rojo, D Álvarez-Muñoz, A Domanico, R Foti… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
The accumulation of 17 human pharmaceuticals (HPs) was investigated in the muscle of
three fish species characteristic of the “Rio de la Plata Basin” with different feeding habits …