Endosulfan and Other Organochlorine Pesticide Residues in Maternal and Cord Blood in North Indian Population

Pathak, Rahul; Suke, Sanvidhan G.; Ahmed, Rafat S.; Tripathi, Amarnath; Guleria, Kiran; Sharma, Chandra Shekhar; Makhijani, S. D.; Mishra, Meenu; Banerjee, Basu Dev

doi:10.1007/s00128-008-9459-9

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“…Because of its threats to human health and the environment, a global ban on the manufacture and use of endosulfan was negotiated under the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants in April 2011. However, endosulfan continues to be widely used, particularly in India, the world's largest user and producer of this insecticide (Pathak et al, 2008); however, India has agreed to phase out the use of endosulfan by 2017. In 2009, the production and agricultural use of γ-HCH (lindane) was banned under the Stockholm Convention; it is still used only in some developing countries.…”

Section: Substances Chemical Analysis and Statisticsmentioning

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Ambient Air Levels of Organochlorine Pesticides at Three High Alpine Monitoring Stations: Trends and Dependencies on Geographical Origin

Kirchner

Jakobi

Körner

et al. 2016

Aerosol Air Qual. Res.

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Many persistent organic pollutants (POPs) such as organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), which are emitted into air, occur ubiquitously in different environmental compartments worldwide. OCPs are measurable in conspicuous concentrations in the air not only near emission regions but also in background areas, as in the Alps. In the present study, we analyzed OCPs in air samples between 2005 and 2013 at three high Alpine stations (Weißfluhjoch, Switzerland: 2663 m a.s.l.; Sonnblick, Austria: 3106 m a.s.l.; and Schneefernerhaus, Germany: 2650 m a.s.l.). The air concentrations of OCPs at these stations were lower than those in source regions but higher than those in the Arctic region. Concentration differences between sites were found to be relatively small. To distinguish the influences from different European source regions, four filters of lowvolume active air samplers were operated alternately according to a trajectory prediction method. Air masses from the northeast (i.e., Bavaria and Eastern Central Europe) and the south (i.e., Mediterranean countries) were characterized by higher concentrations of OCPs (e.g., pentachlorobenzene and hexachlorobenzene) compared with those arriving from the Atlantic Ocean. Additionally, we evaluated the temporal trend of the single compounds; only a few compounds such as endosulfan exhibited a clear decreasing trend.

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Section: Substances Chemical Analysis and Statisticsmentioning

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Ambient Air Levels of Organochlorine Pesticides at Three High Alpine Monitoring Stations: Trends and Dependencies on Geographical Origin

Kirchner

Jakobi

Körner

et al. 2016

Aerosol Air Qual. Res.

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“…66 Pathak et al 67 first reported endosulfan levels in North Indian population. This study was designed to analyze the levels of organochlorine pesticide residues in maternal and cord blood samples of normal healthy women with full term pregnancy to gain insight into the current status of pesticide burden in newborns.…”

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Clinical Aspects of the Poisoning by the Pesticide Endosulfan

Patočka¹,

Wu²,

França³

et al. 2016

Química Nova

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publicado na web em 06/06/2016 Endosulfan is an organochlorine insecticide, widely used in insect control. Unfortunately, it is also an acute neurotoxic compound to both insects and mammals, including humans, and has been responsible for many severe poisonings and several fatal cases. Endosulfan also imitates or enhances the effect of the female hormone estrogen, having the capability of causing reproductive and developmental damage in both, animals and humans, and its exposure has been linked to liver tissue injury. This persistent lipophilic compound is one of the most abundant organochlorine pesticides in the environment, capable of undergoing long range transport to remote locations such as the Arctic. It is practically water-insoluble, but readily adheres to clay particles and persists in soil and water for several years. Its indiscriminate and injudicious use in the control of insects on a wide range of agricultural products and in the extermination of household pests, has considerably increased the hazard risk for human health. Also, this compound has a high fatality rate in humans when ingested accidentally, from food or water contaminated, or in suicidal cases. The aim of this article is to review and summarize chemical, biochemical, environmental, and toxicological data of endosulfan and draw attention to its toxicological potential risk to human health.

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“…It was observed that several EDCs are able to pass through the placenta to the fetus. Many recent studies were devoted to the transmittance of EDC and assessing their content in the cord blood serum and maternal adipose tissue [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26], showing that a fetus and once born an infant may be exposed to significantly high levels of EDC [27]. This can result in a decrease in fetal birth weight, premature birth, psychomotor retardation and altered cognitive function [28][29][30][31][32][33].…”

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Research trends on emerging environment pollutants – a review

Rykowska

Wasiak

2015

Open Chemistry

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Concern for the natural environment increasingly devotes more attention to growing potential hazards resulting from the release of various substances. Currently, one of the main problems associated with environmental pollution is the derivation of organic compounds from wastewater. Substances derived from sewage leaks into the environment in the form of a multicomponent mixtures often enhances the toxic effects caused by these compounds. While analyzing the reports in the literature of the last two decades it can be seen that substantial efforts are devoted to the determination of selected trace contaminants present in wastewater. Among the most marked there are endocrine disrupting compounds, residues of pharmaceuticals and personal care products, plastics and sunscreens. Recently, a new group of compounds joined the aforementioned contaminants, namely drugs, whose legality and availability is increasing every year. Exposure to these type of compounds, named in the literature as emerging contaminants (ECs), involves, among others, such effects as hormonal imbalance, reduction of the survivability of aquatic organisms and reproductive problems.This paper provides a review of the types of emerging organic groundwater contaminants (EGCs) which are beginning to be found in the natural environment in many countries all around the world.

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Endosulfan and Other Organochlorine Pesticide Residues in Maternal and Cord Blood in North Indian Population

Cited by 51 publications

References 11 publications

Ambient Air Levels of Organochlorine Pesticides at Three High Alpine Monitoring Stations: Trends and Dependencies on Geographical Origin

Ambient Air Levels of Organochlorine Pesticides at Three High Alpine Monitoring Stations: Trends and Dependencies on Geographical Origin

Clinical Aspects of the Poisoning by the Pesticide Endosulfan

Research trends on emerging environment pollutants – a review

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