Persistence of organochlorine chemical residues in fish from the Tombigbee River (Alabama, USA): Continuing risk to wildlife from a former DDT manufacturing facility

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 582-591

  Hinck, Jo Ellen ^a   Norstrom, Ross J ^b   Orazio, Carl E ^a   Schmitt, Christopher J ^a   Tillitt, Donald E ^a  

^a Jackson Field Research Station   (United States)

^b RJN Environmental   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dichlorodiphenyl trichloroethane; Micropterus; Pesticides; Risk assessment; Superfund

Indexed keywords

A FORMERS; ALABAMA; BALD EAGLES; DICHLORODIPHENYL-TRICHLOROETHANE; EFFECT CONCENTRATIONS; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LARGEMOUTH BASSES; MANUFACTURING FACILITIES; MICROPTERUS; NATIONAL PROGRAMS; ORGANOCHLORINE CHEMICALS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PISCIVOROUS WILDLIFES; SUPERFUND;

CHEMICAL PLANTS; FISH; ISOMERS; MEATS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; RISK MANAGEMENT; RIVERS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

CAMPHECLOR; CHLOROBENZENE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; DDT; FISH; ORGANOCHLORINE; PERCIFORM; PERSISTENCE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUPERFUND;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PERCIFORMES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; WATER POLLUTION; WILDLIFE;

ALABAMA; ANIMALS; DDT; FEMALE; FISHES; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MALE; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; TOXAPHENE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NORTH AMERICA; TOMBIGBEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS; MICROPTERUS;

EID: 57049119017     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.08.021     Document Type: Article

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