Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB)
Kinetics of polychlorinated biphenyls in Bactrian camels
... The study aimed to determine the accumulation and depuration of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in Bactrian camels. Four lactating, two-humped camels (Camelus bactrianus) received 0.8 mg PCBs (1.3 μg/kg ...
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A Novel Polyaniline Titanium Oxide Sawdust Composite Adsorbent for Polychlorinated Biphenyls
... Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB’s) are known harmful chemicals whose presence in water is undesirable due to their toxicity to human beings. Therefore, environmental security is one of the fundamental ...
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Polychlorinated Biphenyls Contamination of Sludge in India
... structure “I”, which include two benzene (biphenyl) rings and between 1 and 10 chlorine atoms substituted on each of the benzene molecule [3]. PCBs have numerous industrial and other applications as dielectric fluids and ...
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Persistent organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in intensive agricultural soils from North India
... Abstract: Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were determined in agricultural soils from the northern states of India. The average concentration of OCPs was 37.67 ± 0.33 ...
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Biodegradation of Tritium Labeled Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBS) by Local Salt Tolerant Mesophylic Bacillus Strains
... psychorotolerant, polychlorinated biphe- nyl (PCBs) degrading Pseudomonas ...of polychlorinated biphenyls in salt affected environments still needs to be better ...
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In utero exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls is associated with decreased fecundability in daughters of Michigan female fisheaters: a cohort study
... of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and 1,1-bis-(4-chlorophenyl)-2,2- dichloroethene (DDE) in Michigan female anglers were serially measured between 1973 and 1991 and used to estimate in utero exposure in ...
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Estimation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls Intake through Fish Oil-Derived Dietary Supplements and Prescription Drugs in the Japanese Population
... However, oily fish and their extracted oils may be a source of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) on human (Jacobs et al., 2004; Shim et al., 2003; Storelli et al., 2004; Su et al., 2012). PCBs are included ...
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Factors Affecting Critical Toxicokinetic Parameters of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBS) in Japanese Koi (CYPRINUS CARPIO): Effect of Diet on Chemical Assimilation and Influence of Feces to Whole Body Chemical Elimination
... Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBS) in Japanese Koi (CYPRINUS Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBS) in Japanese Koi (CYPRINUS CARPIO): Effect of Diet on Chemical Assimilation and Influence of [r] ...
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Effect of Humic Acid on Adsorption of Polychlorinated Biphenyls onto Organoclay
... as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are of great concern in riverine and marine environments due to their particle asso- ciation, persistence, and bioaccumulation [National Research Council (NRC), 2001, ...
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Development of Different Strategies for the Clean Up of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Congeners Using Pressurized Liquid Extraction
... Therefore, the main target of this study is to achieve the followings: 1) to extract the PCBs congeners from the matrix; 2) to remove the un-wanted organic compounds, which may interfere with the compounds of interest; ...
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QSAR PREDICTION OF N-OCTANOL/WATER PARTITION COEFFICIENT FOR POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS
... 133 polychlorinated biphenyl (PCBs) congeners, we report a QSAR model by the MLRA method of 2D-QSAR ...133 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and their molecular ...
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Determination of 7 Indictor Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Residues in Porphyra by Ultrasonic Extraction and Gas Chromatography (GC)
... A method was developed for determination of 7 indictors the polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) residues in porphyra by gas chromatography (GC) with electron capture detector (ECD). The PCBs were extracted ...
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Polychlorinated biphenyls in air and water of the North Atlantic and Arctic Ocean
... Gustafsson 2004, Latitudinal fractionation of polychlorinated biphenyls in surface seawater along a 62 degrees N-89 degrees N transect from the southern Norwegian Sea to the North Pole a[r] ...
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Dechlorination of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Real Waste Transformer Oil Using a Modified Household Microwave Oven in Presence of Sodium Hydroxide and Polyethylene Glycol
... Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are derivatives of biphenyls in which two to ten chlorine ions have replaced hydrogen atoms on two biphenyl rings ...
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The survey of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, polychlorinated dibenzofurans, and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls levels in pasteurized cow’s milk collected in Qazvin
... and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDD/PCDFs), collectively termed dioxins, as well as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are widespread environmental ...
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Biodegradation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls by and Isolated from Contaminated Soil
... Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are resistant organic compounds which were broadly utilized amid the 1940s. They were created industrially by chlorination of biphenyls in catalytic reactions. PCBs ...
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Thyroid hormone levels associate with exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and polybrominated biphenyls in adults exposed as children
... In 1973, millions of Michigan residents were exposed to polybrominated biphenyl (PBB), a brominated flame retardant and an EDC, when a factory accident caused it to be added to the food supply [7, 8]. The Michigan ...
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Potential effects of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and selected organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) on immune cells and blood biochemistry measures: a cross-sectional assessment of the NHANES 2003-2004 data
... as polychlorinated dibenzofurans, polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, coplanar polychlori- nated biphenyls, and mono-ortho-substituted polychlori- nated ...
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Accumulation of polychlorinated biphenyls in turbot(Scophthalmus maximus) from seawater sediments and food
... Contamination of flatfish in the North Sea area is compared with the levels of PCB in the flounder, Platichthys flesus (L.), in the River Thames and predictable values for upta[r] ...
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Mitigation of building-related polychlorinated biphenyls in indoor air of a school
... Ventilation-normal- ized PCB concentrations in indoor air of classrooms in the school were directly related to ambient temperature Figure 3 Measured concentrations of total PCBs in indoo[r] ...
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