Southern Spain has the largest area of intensive greenhouse agriculture in Europe, and may constitute a special case of occupational and female exposure, because this type of farming requires considerable pesticide use and employs many women. We measured adipose tissue levels of 14 organochlorine pesticides in 458 women living in this area and analyzed the relationship between pesticide level/p...

Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) such as DDT and DDE have been detected in the surface 0.2m of Vertisols in the lower Namoi Valley of north western New South Wales, Australia even though they have not been applied to crops since 1982. However, their presence in the deeper soil horizons has not been investigated. The objective of this study was to determine if OCPs were present to a depth of 1.2...

Present study was conducted in fish hatcheries, nurseries and culture farms to find out different chemicals used in freshwater aquaculture activities in Noakhali District, Bangladesh. Data were collected through questionnaire interview, personal contact, market survey and participatory rural appraisal (PRA) like focus group discussion (FGD) with fish hatchery owners, nursery and culture farmers...

This study was conducted to evaluate the quality of drinking water in 28 homes Merida and 7 municipalities its Metropolitan Zone, Yucatan, Mexico. The organochlorine pesticides (OCP) were investigated since it represents important health risks. karst groundwater Yucatan is vulnerable due easy infiltration contaminants. use prohibited OCP agriculture livestock production as well minimal infrastr...

The aim of this study was to determine the level of organochlorine pesticides in freshwater fish from the Zagreb area, Croatia. The study included 215 freshwater fish samples from three sites: the Sava River, Lake Jarun, and five fishponds from the Zagreb surroundings. Organochlorine pesticides DDT and derivates, HCH, HCB, lindane, aldrin, dieldrin, endrin, heptachlor with epoxide, and methoxyc...