[HTML][HTML] The state of persistent organic pollutants in South African estuaries: A review of environmental exposure and sources

C Olisah, JB Adams, G Rubidge - Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2021 - Elsevier
The long-term health of many South African estuaries is impacted by pollutants entering
these systems through industrial and agricultural runoff, sewage outfalls, contaminated …

Pollution status of marine protected areas worldwide and the consequent toxic effects are unknown

DMS Abessa, HC Albuquerque, LG Morais… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Chemical pollution is considered a factor that may threaten marine protected areas (MPAs),
and recent studies have found contamination and associated biological effects in some …

[HTML][HTML] Organic contamination of beached plastic pellets in the South Atlantic: Risk assessments can benefit by considering spatial gradients

D Gorman, FT Moreira, A Turra, FR Fontenelle… - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
Microplastics are important vectors for the transport and accumulation of persistent organic
contaminants in coastal and marine environments. We determined the concentration of …

Historical records and sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in sediment from a representative plateau lake …

H Yuan, E Liu, E Zhang, W Luo, L Chen, C Wang, Q Lin - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
The PAH and OCP concentrations in sediment cores collected from a deep lake were
measured and evaluated chronologically. The results indicated that the PAH and OCP …

Systematic review of fish ecology and anthropogenic impacts in South American estuaries: setting priorities for ecosystem conservation

M Barletta, ARA Lima - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Research on estuarine ecology in South America (SA) increased quali-quantitatively since
the early 1980 in search of consistent recommendations for estuarine conservation. The …

The legacy of organochlorine pesticide usage in a tropical semi-arid region (Jaguaribe River, Ceará, Brazil): implications of the influence of sediment parameters on …

AHB Oliveira, RM Cavalcante, WC Duaví… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
Between the 1940s and 1990s, immeasurable amounts of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs)
were used in endemic disease control campaigns and agriculture in the tropical semi-arid …

Spatial distribution and ecological risk assessment of residual organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in South American marine environments

L Girones, AL Oliva, JE Marcovecchio… - Current environmental …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) have been intensely used
and produced in South America. Although they were banned before the year 2000 …

Historically linked residues profile of OCPs and PCBs in surface sediments of typical urban river networks, Shanghai: Ecotoxicological state and sources

A Qadeer, S Liu, M Liu, X Liu, Z Ajmal, Y Huang… - Journal of cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
Residues, potential sources and ecotoxicological effects of polychlorinated biphenyls
(PCBs) and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) were analyzed in typical urban river networks …

Organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in sediments of the Lanzhou reach of Yellow River (China): Spatial distribution, sources and risk assessment

L Yuan, Y Wu, L Shi, J Song, Y Jiang - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge about sediment levels and sources of persistent organic pollutants
(POPs) in Lanzhou section Yellow River remains limited. Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) …

Temporal trends, sources, and ecological risk of residual organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in sediment core from the Dongping Lake, North China

X Zhao, L Chen, W Guo, S Lu - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
A sedimentary record of the 19 organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) pollutants from Dongping
Lake, north China, is presented in this study. According to the dating of core sediment and …