Prolonged exposure to the flame retardants found in many household products and building materials is associated with adverse developmental, reproductive, and carcinogenic consequences. While these compounds have been studied in numerous epidemiological and animal models, less is known about the effects of flame retardant exposure on cell function. This study evaluated the toxicity of the commo...

UNLABELLED The mechanisms and organisms involved in the natural formation of volatile organohalogen compounds (VOX) are largely unknown. We provide evidence that the common and widespread soil bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti strain 1021 is capable of producing up to 3338·6 ± 327·8 ng l(-1) headspace volume of chloroform (CHCl3 ) and 807·8 ± 13·5 ng l(-1)  headspace volume of tetrachloroethene ...

(2012) "Bioactivation and effects of environmental pollutants in human and rodent blood vessel endothelial cells" Organohalogen compound database Access to the published version may require subscription.

Enzymes catalyzing the conversion of organohalogen compounds are useful in the chemical industry and environmental technology. Here we report the occurrence of a new reduced flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) (FADH(2))-dependent enzyme that catalyzes the removal of a halogen atom from an unsaturated aliphatic organohalogen compound by the addition of a water molecule to the substrate. A soil bac...

Brazilian bees of the species Eufriesea purpurata are known to tolerate very high concentrations of DDT. As reported in the literature, these bees have suffered no harm from as much as 2 mg/bee, which is in the per-cent range of the body weight. In 1979, individuals of E. purpurata were captured as they collected DDT from walls of remote, rural houses in Brazil. Reported herein are quantities a...

Organohalogens, especially organochlorinated compounds (OCs) such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), have long been recognized as a potential threat to human health and, therefore, these compounds have been widely investigated in foods [3, 27], vegetation [9, 14], and the atmosphere [1, 11]. Recently, interest in using extractable organohalogens (EOX) as parameters for the quantification of t...