Evaluation of hexachlorocyclohexane contamination from the last lindane production plant operating in India

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 586-597

  Jit, Simran ^a   Dadhwal, Mandeep ^d   Kumari, Hansi ^a   Jindal, Swati ^a   Kaur, Jasvinder ^a   Lata, Pushp ^a   Niharika, Neha ^a   Lal, Devi ^a   Garg, Nidhi ^a   Gupta, Sanjay Kumar ^e   Sharma, Pooja ^a   Bala, Kiran ^a   Singh, Ajaib ^f   Vijgen, John ^c   Weber, Roland ^b   Lal, Rup ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b POPs Environmental Consulting   (Germany)

^c International HCH and Pesticides Association   (Denmark)

^d Faculté des Sciences et Technologies   (France)

^e University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

HCH dumpsite; Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH); Lindane; Persistent organic pollutant (POPs); Stockholm Convention

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; LINDANE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DRINKING WATER; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCARBON; MANUFACTURING; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; RIVER WATER; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLLUTION; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; STATISTICS; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FRESH WATER; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LINDANE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

INDIA;

EID: 79955137519     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-010-0401-4     Document Type: Article

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