[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 …

[PDF][PDF] Ecotoxicology: a review of pesticides induced toxicity in fish

S Ullah, MJ Zorriehzahra - Advances in animal and veterinary …, 2015 - academia.edu
hroughout the world pesticides are widely employed in agriculture sector in order to elevate
crops' yield with low labour and eforts. Pesticides exposure leads to toxicity in many non …

Key research issues concerning the conservation of migratory shorebirds in the Yellow Sea region

N Hua, KUN Tan, Y Chen, Z Ma - Bird Conservation International, 2015 - cambridge.org
The widespread decline of migratory shorebirds in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway
(EAAF) is one of the greatest crises for migrating birds. Among the migratory species with …

Traditional and new POPs in environments along the Bohai and Yellow Seas: An overview of China and South Korea

J Meng, S Hong, T Wang, Q Li, SJ Yoon, Y Lu, JP Giesy… - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
Rapid economic growth during the past two decades in the region surrounding the Bohai
and Yellow Seas has resulted in severe pollution. Large amounts of monitoring data on …

The distribution of organochlorine pesticides in sediments from iSimangaliso Wetland Park: ecological risks and implications for conservation in a biodiversity hotspot

A Buah-Kwofie, MS Humphries - Environmental pollution, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The iSimangaliso Wetland Park World Heritage site, located on the east coast of
South Africa, spans∼ 3300 km 2 and constitutes the largest protected estuarine …

Distribution and ecological risk of polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides in surficial sediments from Haihe River and Haihe Estuary Area, China

L Zhao, H Hou, YY Zhou, ND Xue, HY Li, FS Li - Chemosphere, 2010 - Elsevier
Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) and organochlorine pesticide (OCP) were analyzed in
surficial sediments from the Haihe River and Haihe Estuary Area, Tianjin, China. The …

Distribution and ecological risk of organic pollutants in the sediments and seafood of Yangtze Estuary and Hangzhou Bay, East China Sea

AO Adeleye, H Jin, Y Di, D Li, J Chen, Y Ye - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
A wide variety of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the surface marine sediments and
seafood from four geographic areas of the East China Sea were investigated. The POP …

Human health risk of polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides resulting from seafood consumption in South Korea, 2005–2007

HB Moon, HS Kim, M Choi, J Yu, HG Choi - Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2009 - Elsevier
Organochlorines (OCs) such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and organochlorine
pesticides (OCPs), were measured in 26 species of seafood commonly consumed by the …

Bioremediation of the organochlorine pesticides, dieldrin and endrin, and their occurrence in the environment

E Matsumoto, Y Kawanaka, SJ Yun… - Applied microbiology and …, 2009 - Springer
Dieldrin and endrin are persistent organic pollutants that cause serious environmental
problems. Although these compounds have been prohibited over the past decades in most …

Occurrence of micropollutants in four major rivers in Korea

E Cho, J Khim, S Chung, D Seo, Y Son - Science of the total environment, 2014 - Elsevier
There has been an increasing concern in recent years over the presence of numerous
micropollutants in river water. Simultaneously, risk assessment of micropollutants has …