The word “pesticides” is a complex word that encompasses all compounds that are applied
to destroy or regulate pests; this includes insecticides (insects), herbicides (weeds) and …

Pesticides are being employed for large-scale agricultural purposes, leading to global
environmental issues. Organochlorine pesticides (dieldrin, DDT, and aldrin) are persistent …

Los plaguicidas son de los grupos de agentes químicos más ampliamente utilizados por el
hombre, tanto para proteger de organismos nocivos la producción y calidad de las …

The presence of pesticides in fogwater plays a major role in accumulating relatively
substantial levels of trace compounds due to their unique physico-chemical characteristics …

Pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are persistent environmental pollutants.
When entering the food chain, they can represent a public health problem due to their …

Fog droplets consist of a mixture of organic and inorganic compounds resulting from
scavenging hygroscopic particles and water-soluble trace gases. Organic matters found in …

Since the discovery of insecticide properties of DDT (1, 1, 1-trichloro-2, 2-bis (4-
chlorophenyl) ethane) and HCH (hexachlorocyclohexane), they have provided great …

The gas-phase degradation of lindane (γ-isomer of hexachlorocyclohexane) towards OH
radical was investigated under atmospheric conditions at the large outdoor European …

Hexachlorocyclohexane isomers (HCHs) are environmental contaminants produced as a
result of the photochemical chlorination of benzene during the manufacture of technical …

The objective of the present study was to monitor the levels of organochlorine pesticides
HCB, α-β-γ-HCH, pp′ DDE, op′ DDT and pp′ DDT in 150 adipose tissue samples of …