background: chlorinated pesticides have been used in pest control for several decades in the world. these compounds are still applied in many regions, and their continuous usage has resulted in their bioaccumulation and residue in the food chain. these residues could transfer to food products and accumulate in fat tissues. undoubtedly, the breast milk could be a significant biomarker for estima...

  Background: Chlorinated pesticides have been used in pest control for several decades in the world. These compounds are still applied in many regions, and their continuous usage has resulted in their bioaccumulation and residue in the food chain. These residues could transfer to food products and accumulate in fat tissues. Undoubtedly, the breast milk could be a significant biomarker for esti...

BACKGROUND Chlorinated pesticides have been used in pest control for several decades in the world. These compounds are still applied in many regions, and their continuous usage has resulted in their bioaccumulation and residue in the food chain. These residues could transfer to food products and accumulate in fat tissues. Undoubtedly, the breast milk could be a significant biomarker for estimat...

Although chlorinated pesticides have been mostly banned from use in the United States, their persistent presence in the environment poses an ongoing threat to health. Because of the lipophilic nature of chlorinated pesticides, they are bioaccumulative and difficult to excrete from the body. A select group of these xenobiotics is also associated with a wide range of health problems, identificati...

The procedure used to determine polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated terphenyls (PCTs), chlorinated dibenzodioxins, and chlorinated dibenzofurans is outlined in Table 1. It is based on the cleanup-chromatography of Holden and Marsden (1), modified as described (2). Most PCBs are eluted in fraction I. Fraction II contains some PCBs, p ,p'-DDE, and PCTs, whereas heptachlor exposide, ...

Bioremediation can be defined as any process that uses microorganisms or their enzymes to remove and or neutralize contaminants within the environment (i.e., within soil and water) to their original condition. Bioremediation can be employed to remediate specific types of contaminants such as; petroleum hydrocarbons, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), polychlorinated biphenyl’s (PCB), chlor...

Bioremediation can be defined as any process that uses microorganisms or their enzymes to remove and or neutralize contaminants within the environment (i.e., within soil and water) to their original condition. Bioremediation can be employed to remediate specific types of contaminants such as; petroleum hydrocarbons, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), polychlorinated biphenyl’s (PCB), chlor...

BACKGROUND Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) have been suggested to be linked to obesity. We have previously shown that less-chlorinated PCBs were positively related to fat mass, while highly-chlorinated PCBs were inversely related to obesity. OBJECTIVE The aim of the present evaluation is to investigate the relationship between retrospective assessed life-time change in body weight (20-70...

1. Study corroborates our analysis done in October-November, 2009 that the UCIL site is heavy contaminated with chlorinated benzene compounds, organochlorine pesticides, carbmate pesticides (Carbaryl and Aldicarb. It also confirms that this contamination has nothing to do with the gas accident, but is caused by UCC/UCIL dumping and disposing off waste indiscriminately on the site. All pesticide...

Organochlorine (OC) pesticides are synthetic pesticides widely used all over the world. They belong to the group of chlorinated hydrocarbon derivatives, which have vast application in the chemical industry and in agriculture. These compounds are known for their high toxicity, slow degradation and bioaccumulation. Even though many of the compounds which belong to OC were banned in developed coun...