A review of environmental and health effects of organochlorine pesticide residues in Africa

AM Taiwo - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) are generally categorized as chlorinated cyclodienes,
chlorodiphenylethanes, chlorinated benzenes and cyclohexanes. The presence of OCP …

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 …

Industrial pesticides and a methods assessment for the reduction of associated risks: a Review

M Khayatnezhad, F Nasehi - Advancements in Life …, 2021 - submission.als-journal.com
Regarding the increasing growth of the population and importance of food security, Iranian
Ministry of Agriculture has prioritized and encouraged greenhouse farming products. One of …

Contamination of foods from Cameroon with residues of 20 halogenated pesticides, and health risk of adult human dietary exposure

YJH Galani, M Houbraken, A Wumbei… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: Halogenated pesticides are abundantly used in Cameroon, but there is no
information on the health risk of consumers from exposure to their residues in foods.(2) …

[PDF][PDF] Bioremediation of Pesticide-contaminated Soil: A Review on Indispensable Role of Soil Bacteria.

J Randika, P Bandara, HSM Soysa… - … Sciences (Sri Lanka …, 2022 - account.jas.sljol.info
Purpose: Scientists have identified a plenty of bacterial strains having ability to degrade
pesticide residues accumulated in the environment. Due to wide variation of chemical …

Analysis of organochlorine pesticides residues in fish from Edko Lake (North of Egypt) using eco-friendly method and their health implications for humans

MA Abbassy, MA Khalifa, AMK Nassar… - Toxicological …, 2021 - Springer
Levels of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) residues in tilapia fish and their health risk
associated with the consumption of fish from Edko lake, Egypt were determined. The quick …

Health risk assessment of organochlorine pesticide residues in edible tissue of seafood

MA Hussein, OS Hammad, AE Tharwat… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Fish is one of the most valuable foods with high-quality animal protein. However,
aquaculture, or ingesting contaminated food, allows organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) to …

Levels of pesticide residues in water, sediment, and fish samples collected from Nile River in Cairo, Egypt

SEM Shalaby, SS El-Saadany, AM Abo-Eyta… - Environmental …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Pesticides constitute one of the major sources of environmental hazards to human and
animals as they concentrate in the food chain. Organochlorine, organophosphorus, and …

[PDF][PDF] Analyses of pesticide residues in water, sediment and fish tissue from river Deomoni flowing through the tea gardens of Terai Region of West Bengal, India

S Singh, D Bhutia, S Sarkar, BK Rai, J Pal… - … journal of fisheries …, 2015 - researchgate.net
Analyses of chlorpyriphos, ethion and dicofol in the river Deomoni from Terai region of West
Bengal revealed mean pesticide residues of chlorpyriphos, dicofol and ethion in water …

Biosynthesized Metallic Nanoarchitecture for Photocatalytic Degradation of Emerging Organochlorine and Organophosphate Pollutants: A Review

SS Emmanuel, MO Idris, CO Olawoyin… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The use of efficacious and cost‐effective pesticides (OP and OC) has undoubtedly proven to
be a blessing and a baron because these pesticides are safeguarding the world from food …