alpha-Endosulfan and ss-endosulfan are isomers of endosulfan, a pesticide used worldwide. In this study, we examined the genotoxicity of [alpha]- and ss-endosulfan in vitro with a HepG2 cell line. We used sister chromatid exchanges (SCE), micronuclei (MN), and DNA strand breaks as detected by single-cell gel electrophoresis (SCG) assays as biomarkers to judge the genotoxicity of [alpha]- and ss...

The manufacture and use of endosulfan as a broad spectrum contact insecticide and acaricide applied to a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, grains, etc. has led to its direct release into the environment. Technicalgrade endosulfan contains at least 94% of two pure isomers, αand β-endosulfan. The αand β-isomers of endosulfan are present in the ratio of 7:3, respectively. Endosulfan sulfate is a...

The manufacture and use of endosulfan as a broad spectrum contact insecticide and acaricide applied to a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, grains, etc. has led to its direct release into the environment. Technicalgrade endosulfan contains at least 94% of two pure isomers, αand β-endosulfan. The αand β-isomers of endosulfan are present in the ratio of 7:3, respectively. Endosulfan sulfate is a...

organochlorine compounds such as, polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides are among the best known classes of contaminants because of their potential for magnification and harmful biological effects. in this study, the amounts of organochlorine pesticides including d.d.t and its metabolites, α, β and γ-hchs isomers, σcyclodiene (endosulfan, heptachlor, heotachlor epoxide, aldrin...

Endosulfan has been applied to control numerous insects in a variety of food and non-food crops. Limited information is available on dynamics of this pesticide in the soil. The objective of this research was to determine the adsorption-desorption behavior of the alpha (alpha) and beta (beta) endosulfan in a Vertisol from the southeast region of Turkey, where cotton is the main crop in the large...

Understanding the impact of pesticides in amphibians is of growing concern to assess the causes of their decline. Among pesticides, endosulfan belongs to one of the potential sources of danger because of its wide use and known effects, particularly neurotoxic, on a variety of organisms. However, the effect of endosulfan was not yet evaluated on amphibians at levels encompassing simultaneously b...

Endosulfan is a broad-spectrum cyclodiene insecticide that has been used extensively for over 30 years on a variety of crops. It is a mixture of two stereoisomers, a and b endosulfan, in a ratio of 7 : 3. Its toxicity is extremely high against fish and aquatic invertebrates, and it has increasingly been implicated in mammalian gonadal toxicity, genotoxicity and neurotoxicity; however, endosulfa...

In Northern Benin, insecticides are used for cotton production. These can be easily transferred to water ponds close fields. To monitor levels in water, sediments and fish samples from ponds, a GC–MS analytical method was developed detect residues of endosulfan, DDT its parent compounds, isomers HCH, pyrethroids chlorpyrifos. addition, the influence storage conditions sample on pesticides deter...

In the present study, we isolated three novel bacterial species, namely, Staphylococcus sp., Bacillus circulans-I, and Bacillus circulans-II, from contaminated soil collected from the premises of a pesticide manufacturing industry. Batch experiments were conducted using both mixed and pure cultures to assess their potential for the degradation of aqueous endosulfan in aerobic and facultative an...

The chemicals endosulfan-alpha, endosulfan-beta, endosulfan sulfate, endosulfan ether, endosulfan lactone, PCB-21, PCB-48, PCB-61, and PCB-136 have been determined in 100 serum samples from women living in agricultural areas of Almería (Spain). The study includes a surgically treated breast cancer patient and a matching group of women with no sign of estrogenic-dependent disease. The determinat...