Title:Potential effects of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and selected organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) on immune cells and blood biochemistry measures (NHANES 2003-2004)

organochlorine pesticides are as environmental pollutants which have a high half-life and transmit from food chain to human and cause side effects such as mutations in different genes and finally cancer. in this research, after sampling and quantitative and qualitative of organochlorine residue, biodegradation of alpha, beta and gamma hexachlorobenzene (linden), ddt, aldrin, dieldrin, endosulfa...

We investigated occurrence, transport pathways, and effects of polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants and other endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in aquatic media and the foodweb in the lower Columbia River. In 2009 and 2010, foodweb sampling at three sites along a gradient of contaminant exposure near Skamania (Washington), Columbia City (Oregon) and Longview (Washington) in...

OBJECTIVES The objective of this article is to extend our previous studies of persistent organic pollutant (POP) contamination of U.S. food by measuring perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), organochlorine pesticides, and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in composite food samples. This study is part of a larger study reported in two articles, the other of which reports levels of polybrominated diphe...

The European Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) required Member States to define the concept of Good Environmental Status (GES) their marine waters in quantitative terms and achieve it through assessment 11 descriptors by 2020. ISPRA (Italian Institute for Protection Research), on behalf Ministry Environment, carried out Initial Assessment (2012) evaluation first cycle MSFD (2012–2018) ...

There is extensive literature documenting the bioaccumulation of persistent organic pollutants in the marine environment, but relatively little data are available on contamination pathways in aquaculture systems such as that for farmed salmon. In recent years,the salmon industry has grown significantly in Europe. This study reports on the determination of a wide range of polychlorinated bipheny...

Factors related to mortality and disease in Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) from Hong Kong waters were investigated by detailed examination of dolphin specimens found stranded 1995-2004. In total, 86 necropsied, but many these too badly decomposed provide much information. Skin blubber biopsies also collected six identified living individuals concentrations organochlorines (DDT...

A potential connection exists between exposure to organochlorine chemicals and the increasing prevalence of endometriosis. Evidence shows that dioxin (2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin) can increase the incidence and severity of the disease in monkeys and can promote the growth or survival of endometrial tissue implanted into rodents in a surgically induced model of endometriosis. The mechani...

et al. Correcting serum concentrations of organochlorine compounds by lipids: alternatives to the organochlorine/total lipids ratio. Evaluation of total lipids using enzymatic methods for the normalization of persistent organic pollutant levels in serum.