Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane for malaria and agricultural uses and its impacts on human health

BA Li, BM Li, Z Bao, Q Li, M Xing, B Li - Bulletin of Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
Pesticides are widely used in agriculture and disease control, and
dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) is one of the most used pesticides in human history …

Risk assessment of fluoride exposure in drinking water of Tunisia

W Guissouma, O Hakami, AJ Al-Rajab, J Tarhouni - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
The presence of fluoride in drinking water is known to reduce dental cavities among
consumers, but an excessive intake of this anion might leads to dental and skeletal fluorosis …

Sperm epimutation biomarkers of obesity and pathologies following DDT induced epigenetic transgenerational inheritance of disease

SE King, M McBirney, D Beck… - Environmental …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) has previously been shown to promote the
epigenetic transgenerational inheritance of adult onset disease in rats. The current study …

Analysis of organochlorine pesticide residues in human and cow's milk in the towns of Asendabo, Serbo and Jimma in South-Western Ethiopia

S Gebremichael, T Birhanu, DA Tessema - Chemosphere, 2013 - Elsevier
The level of some OCPs in human and cow milk collected from Asendabo, Serbo and Jimma
in South-West Ethiopia were analyzed using GC–ECD. Results of the analysis indicated that …

Barbecue fumes: an overlooked source of health hazards in outdoor settings?

CC Wu, LJ Bao, Y Guo, SM Li… - Environmental Science & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Barbecuing or charcoal-grilling has become part of popular outdoor recreational activities
nowadays; however, potential human health hazards through outdoor exposure to barbecue …

On dermal exposure assessment

A Behroozy - 2013 - sid.ir
Hazardous chemicals may enter the body by inhalation, ingestion, injection or dermal
absorption. These exposure routes constitute the overall exposure burden on the body. Most …

Wolbachia limits pathogen infections through induction of host innate immune responses

D Zhang, Y Wang, K He, Q Yang, M Gong, M Ji, L Chen - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Wolbachia has been reported to suppress a variety of pathogen infections in
mosquitoes, but the mechanism is undefined. Two possibilities have been proposed. One is …

Organochlorine pesticides in fish from Taihu Lake, China, and associated human health risk assessment

D Wang, Y Yu, X Zhang, D Zhang, S Zhang… - … and environmental safety, 2013 - Elsevier
Because contaminants and nutrients always coexist in fish, the risk from contaminants and
the benefit from nutrients, such as eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid …

Predictors of plasma DDT and DDE concentrations among women exposed to indoor residual spraying for malaria control in the South African Study of Women and …

KW Whitworth, RMS Bornman, JI Archer… - Environmental …, 2014 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Few studies have examined predictors of DDT (
dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) and DDE (dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene) levels among …

[HTML][HTML] Trend analyses of persistent organic pollutants in human milk from first-time mothers in Norway between 2002 and 2021

KR Nermo, KS Bakken, JL Lyche, A Polder… - International Journal of …, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract Introduction Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are stable compounds
characterized by their resistance to degradation. From the 1960–70's organochlorine …