The concentration of persistent organic pollutants in water resources: A global systematic review, meta-analysis and probabilistic risk assessment

Y Vasseghian, S Hosseinzadeh, A Khataee… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are environmentally stable and highly toxic
chemicals that accumulate in living adipose tissue and have a very destructive effect on …

Occurrence and treatment of contaminants of emerging concern in the African aquatic environment: Literature review and a look ahead

KO K'oreje, M Okoth, H Van Langenhove… - Journal of environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Awareness about the rising detection and reported (eco) toxicological effects of
contaminants of emerging concern (CECs, eg pharmaceuticals and personal care products …

Photocatalytic degradation of water pollutants using conducting polymer-based nanohybrids: A review on recent trends and future prospects

J Zia, U Riaz - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2021 - Elsevier
Current research activities are highly focused towards the development of facile techniques
for waste water remediation. Semiconductor based photocatalysis has been chosen as one …

[HTML][HTML] A review of organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in Lebanon: Environmental and human contaminants

K Helou, M Harmouche-Karaki, S Karake, JF Narbonne - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
The country of Lebanon banned organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polychlorinated
biphenyls (PCBs) in 1982 and 1997, respectively, and adopted the Stockholm Convention …

Emerging pollutants in Nigeria: A systematic review

C Egbuna, CN Amadi, KC Patrick-Iwuanyanwu… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Emerging pollutants represent a group of synthetic or naturally occurring compounds that
are not normally monitored within the environment but can enter into the environment and …

Temporal variation of pesticide mixtures in rivers of three agricultural watersheds during a major drought in the Western Cape, South Africa

L Curchod, C Oltramare, M Junghans, C Stamm… - Water research X, 2020 - Elsevier
South Africa is the leading pesticide user in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, little is known
about the occurrence of pesticide mixtures in surface water and potential environmental …

Trace metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and polychlorinated biphenyls in the surface sediments from Sanya River, China: Distribution, sources and ecological …

M Cui, S Xu, W Song, H Ye, J Huang, B Liu… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The urban inland river ecosystems are now facing comprehensive pollution and governance
pressures. Up to now, few works related to the multiple pollution assessment of trace metals …

Nanotechnology to remove polychlorinated biphenyls and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from water: a review

H Borji, GM Ayoub, M Al-Hindi, L Malaeb… - Environmental …, 2020 - Springer
Persistent pollutants cause adverse effects to human and environmental health. Most
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) are toxic and …

Legacy and current pesticide residues in Syr Darya, Kazakhstan: Contamination status, seasonal variation and preliminary ecological risk assessment

DD Snow, P Chakraborty, B Uralbekov, B Satybaldiev… - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Syr Darya is one of two major rivers in Central Asia supplying critical fresh
water to the Aral Sea. In spite of the river's importance and agriculturally-intensive history …

[HTML][HTML] Mutagenicity, genotoxicity and oxidative stress induced by pesticide industry wastewater using bacterial and plant bioassays

MT Zeyad, M Kumar, A Malik - Biotechnology reports, 2019 - Elsevier
Atomic absorption spectrophotometer and gas chromatography analysis revealed the
presence of heavy metals, organochlorine and organophosphate pesticides in industrial …