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Strategy for Remediation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls-Contaminated Soil Through Redox Management Based on Electronegativity of the Contaminants
Literature review reveals that Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), are electron deficient compounds due...
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Residues of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in a wild predatory fish from an e-waste site in South China between 2009 and 2016
Crude electronic waste (e-waste) recycling has been banned due to the serious environmental pollution it caused, leaving many abandoned e-waste...
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Air and soil concentrations of persistent organic pollutants in Bursa (Türkiye) and Yurimaguas (Peru): air-soil exchange and gas-phase flux
The study of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in different environments has helped to understand the behavior and distribution of these...
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Concentrations of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Benthic and Pelagic Fish from the Fishery Zones in the Far Eastern Seas of Russia
This chapter considers levels of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners, hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) isomers, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT)...
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Maternal Transfer and Long-Term Population Effects of PCBs in Baltic Grey Seals Using a New Toxicokinetic–Toxicodynamic Population Model
Empirical evidence has shown that historical exposure of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) to Baltic grey seals not only severely affected individual...
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Material Recovery from Waste Printed Circuit Board Using Pyrolysis and Metal Extraction
E-Waste is increasing at an alarming rate of 2 million metric tonnes (Mt) per annum. E-waste covers a wide range of electrical and electronic...
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Concentrations and Toxic Equivalency of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) and Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Congeners in Groundwater Around Waste Dumpsites in South-West Nigeria
Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in groundwater and leachate around selected waste dumpsites from two...
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Camphoric Acid in Nanomagnetic Photocatalyst Synthesis: Direct and Indirect Visible Light Photocatalytic Degradation of PCBs
In this study, camphoric acid was used as a carbon source in the synthesis of the catalyst for the first time. The new Fe 3 O 4 /C/SiO 2 /TiO 2 and Fe 3 O 4 /C/TiO...
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Effects of soil amendment with PCB-contaminated sediment on the growth of two cucurbit species
The aim of the study was to evaluate the influence of the application of increasing proportions (0%, 10%, 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100%) of an admixture of...
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Organochlorine Pesticides and Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Sediment Impacted by Cage Aquaculture in the Volta Basin of Ghana
Seventeen organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and seven indicator polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) residues in 80 sediment samples from four cage...
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Occurrence of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the sea anemone Bunodosoma zamponii, sediments and seawater from the southwestern Atlantic
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are persistent and bioaccumulable organic compounds. The occurrence of PCBs was assessed in two populations of the...
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Human biomonitoring of PCDDs, PCDFs, and PCBs in women living in a Northern Italy industrial area
In Brescia , a highly industrialized city in the Lombardy Region (Northern Italy) classified as a SIN (Contaminated Site of National Interest), a...
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Concentration levels and an assessment of human health risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in honey and pollen
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) accumulate in the food...
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Repair and recycling of PCBs and their components based on obsolescence index: a domestic electrical appliances case study
Population expansion and improving living standards, particularly in developed nations, have led to an increase in the usage of domestic electrical...
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Associations between endocrine disruptor contamination and thyroid hormone homeostasis in Belgian type 1 diabetic children
PurposeHumans are daily exposed to many environmental pollutants, some of which being suspected to be thyroid disruptors. Some populations could be...
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The Dirty Dozen of the Stockholm Convention and Other Persistent Organic Pollutants: A Review
This chapter provides general information about the Stockholm Convention and the stages of Convention’s development and implementation. The major...
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Organochlorine Pollutants in Human Breast Milk from North of the Far Eastern Region of Russia
The widespread application of pesticides in the territories of the former USSR still exerts negative impacts on their ecological status. In this...
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A retrospective study on dioxins and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls in milk and dairy products from the Latium region (Italy) over a 7-year study period (2011–2017)
This study reports the data of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), -furans (PCDFs), and polychlorinated biphenyls dioxin-like (dl PCBs)...
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A probabilistic hazard and risk assessment of exposure to metals and organohalogens associated with a traditional diet in the Indigenous communities of Eeyou Istchee (northern Quebec, Canada)
Hunting, trap**, and fishing are part of an Indigenous lifestyle in subarctic Canada. However, this lifestyle may be a route of exposure to...
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Influence of e-waste exposure on DNA damage and DNA methylation in people living near recycling sites
The association between long-term exposure to e-waste and poor health is well established, but how e-waste exposure affects DNA methylation is...
