Endosulfan I and endosulfan sulfate disrupts zebrafish embryonic development

Isolation and characterization of a Bacillus subtilis strain that degrades endosulfan and endosulfan sulfate

Endosulfan has emerged as a major environmental menace worldwide due to  extensive usage and environmental persistence, seeking its remedial by a cheaper and efficient means. Therefore, natural resource (soil) was explored to search a potential candidate for biodegradation of endosulfan. A soil bacterium was enriched and isolated by applying a strong nutritional selection pressure, using a non-...

Endosulfan and Endocrine Disruption:

Effect of endosulfan on male reproductive development.

There is experimental evidence of adverse effects of endosulfan on the male reproductive system, but there are no human data. Therefore, we undertook a study to examine the relationship between environmental endosulfan exposure and reproductive development in male children and adolescents. The study population was composed of 117 male schoolchildren (10-19 years of age) of a village situated at...

Endosulfan and its metabolite, endosulfan sulfate, in freshwater ecosystems of South Florida: a probabilistic aquatic ecological risk assessment.

Endosulfan is an insecticide-acaricide used in South Florida and is one of the remaining organochlorine insecticides registered under the Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act by the U.S.EPA. The technical grade material consists of two isomers (alpha-, beta-) and the main environmental metabolite in water, sediment and tissue is endosulfan sulfate through oxidation. A comprehensive...

Endosulfan and black urine

This 21-year-old college student was admitted following alleged consumption of endosulfan 100 g along with alcohol 2 h earlier. He had had two episodes of generalized tonic clonic seizures which had been treated with lorazepam and phenytoin. At admission, he had tachycardia, tachypnoea and normal systemic examination. Fourteen hours after admission, his urobag revealed black urine (Figure 1). H...